Firefox crashes
So sick of Shockwave not responding in firefox... When the heck are you going to fix this. Happens on this computer with win7 and my brand new one with nothing on it and wind8
Here is report from win7 machine: Submitted Crash Reports Report ID Date Submitted e0e1f352-366e-4a9e-845c-fa790b3e0c9c 5/13/2015 11:46 AM 2bec1fbf-aa24-4765-be02-fa1224d21776 5/13/2015 10:56 AM 68996f51-f4e2-43ad-9be9-4d093ae6ddcc 5/13/2015 10:55 AM 300bc9ce-46e6-4a1a-a2fa-6d75fba66bf3 4/16/2015 10:47 AM 5bc15ee9-3761-47a5-a373-bcf9ae688d82 3/31/2015 11:57 AM e202dc90-c603-401f-a6db-ff189cf3b4b0 3/31/2015 11:03 AM 1028f91e-c5ae-486a-bd5e-24b5a83a1224 3/31/2015 10:35 AM 45cc8e31-cb17-41b0-a663-eaa51c2645fd 3/31/2015 9:25 AM dc772291-db2d-4f09-b390-88401b161fa5 3/18/2015 8:44 AM ded00269-558b-4487-8add-e0bb82c6ac20 3/16/2015 9:39 AM 91133e8b-7e96-467d-9396-fb21ba6af13b 3/4/2015 11:57 AM da257d22-c2cd-441b-b107-6fdefb65d3b1 3/4/2015 11:55 AM 88d85e42-86ab-4cd6-b86e-c0283e7fc1fe 3/4/2015 11:54 AM 18dd754e-3adf-44e4-b108-6e76db0590da 2/27/2015 11:26 AM 3dd2dded-a15c-40f5-8475-350cfe26b939 2/27/2015 11:25 AM c43f93b6-8303-4673-a3af-c8fad24e81f4 2/27/2015 10:16 AM 7b8bc8cb-11da-438f-93d3-199e172a06f8 2/27/2015 10:15 AM 94546f87-63f1-49cf-a987-ecd56dfac40a 2/27/2015 10:15 AM c97bc6a6-0f57-4638-8830-cb6b0f003bf6 2/27/2015 10:15 AM 32be4a1c-d8a1-48b3-8e84-df636ea5bc4e 1/6/2015 1:36 PM 287b9a63-d08c-4736-aecf-64f7eda4ff5a 1/6/2015 10:17 AM
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Thank you for the crash report IDs. Could you click the three most recent ones on the about:crashes page to load the associated page on the crash stats server, and then paste the full URLs here?
Meanwhile, this is some standard guidance that addresses the most common issues with the Flash Player plugin. I'm sure you've seen some of it before, but just in case:
(1) If you have any recorders/downloaders that interact with Flash media make sure they are as up-to-date as possible, or disable them temporarily.
(2) Disable hardware acceleration in Firefox and in Flash
(A) In Firefox, un-check the box here:
"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced > General > "Use hardware acceleration when available"
That takes effect the next time you exit and start Firefox up again.
(B) In Flash, right-click the media and choose Settings, then the first mini-tab and uncheck the box to use hardware acceleration. More information in this support article from Adobe: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#main_Solve_video_playback_issues
(3) Disable protected mode (Windows Vista and higher)
The protected mode feature of the Flash player plugin has security benefits, but seems to have compatibility issues on some systems. There is a hidden setting for this:
(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
(B) In the search box above the list, type or paste flash and pause while the list is filtered
(C) Double-click the dom.ipc.plugins.flash.disable-protected-mode preference to switch its value from false to true.
This might not take effect until all Flash has been unloaded for a few minutes, or you close Firefox.
If the "bp-" prefix is missing then click its line on the about:crashes page to submit the crash report and the crash report will get a "bp-" prefix (do not add it yourself).
You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
- Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration
You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:
- check for updates for your graphics drive drivers
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration - disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
- disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin
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