Help with my internet browser...new problems.

[Trace79]

I'm running Firefox on windows vista 64bit still and something recently started happening when I am trying to stream video; the video screen freezes up sometimes unless I drag the mouse over it and then it unfreezes for a few seconds. Usually the sound will still play, but sometimes that cuts out as well. What else is affected is my pandora. I notice that the timer for the song playing freezes too. If I switch to another tab and come back the timer is updated but is still frozen. If I have a youtube video or song going, it won't freeze or stop the song if I switch tabs.

I've cleaned my hard drives, defragged them, searched for malware, and restarted my pc. Restarting it seems to help for a little bit but eventually these problems come back. Is this an Adobe flash problem or something? I'm clueless how to fix this.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm guessing it's Flash. Try removing the plugin and reinstalling it.

 

[Trace79]

I'm guessing it's Flash. Try removing the plugin and reinstalling it.

Ok, I tried that and it was going alright for a little bit but it's freezing up again. 🙁

 

[Steltek]

You also might have a corrupt user profile in Firefox. Try to create a new profile in Firefox and switch to it. If the problem goes away, you'll know.

Have you emptied the Firefox cache? Also, Flash has settings that can be adjusted:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html#117498

 

[Trace79]

You also might have a corrupt user profile in Firefox. Try to create a new profile in Firefox and switch to it. If the problem goes away, you'll know.

Have you emptied the Firefox cache? Also, Flash has settings that can be adjusted:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html#117498

Sorry for the newbie questions but any idea how to do all that? New profile and empty the user cache?

Edit** I cleared the cache and restarted my pc but that didn't work.

 

[lxskllr]

Sorry for the newbie questions but any idea how to do all that? New profile and empty the user cache?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/k...ctlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Managing-profiles

 

[Trace79]

Yeah, this sucks. If I want to watch a video in full, I have to continually move my mouse around the playback window jus tso it won't freeze.