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I keep getting a "Shockwave Flash may be busy or it may have stopped responding" message when loading some pages.

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Unsafecrayon
Unsafecrayon
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Hi, recently I have started receiving a message when loading some pages. Nothing has changed that I am aware of other then i updated the Adobe Shockwave Player to 12.1 after the messages started. The message doesn't always pop up on pages that it previously has and reads: "Shockwave flash may be busy or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the plugin or you can continue to see if the plugin will complete". Any guidance and help would be much appreciated.

Hi, recently I have started receiving a message when loading some pages. Nothing has changed that I am aware of other then i updated the Adobe Shockwave Player to 12.1 after the messages started. The message doesn't always pop up on pages that it previously has and reads: "Shockwave flash may be busy or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the plugin or you can continue to see if the plugin will complete". Any guidance and help would be much appreciated.

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guigs
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Hello,

Some problems with Flash video playback can be resolved by disabling hardware acceleration in your Flash Player settings. (See this article for more information on using the Flash plugin in Firefox).

To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:

  1. Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
  2. Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
  3. Click on Settings in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
  4. Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.

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  5. Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
  6. Click Close to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
  7. Restart Firefox.

This Flash Player Help - Display Settings page has more information on Flash Player hardware acceleration, if you're interested.

Does this solve the problem? Let us know.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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If you have problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions then check this:

  • see if there are 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)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also: