I'm getting pretty tired of having this Shockwave Flash crashing my computer. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still crashes. Sounds like others are having the same problem.
I have updated my Firefox and went without it and everything worked great for a week, but couldn't run any of the tax map software, so was forced to reinstall it.
The worst part, is when it crashes, a window pops up to STOP the Shockwave Plugin, but even when you click stop, it keeps popping the window up again and again.
Maybe it's time to switch back to Internet Explorer?
Sounds like firefox may have something going on? I've had issues in the past with FF and switched to a FF clone (Pale Moon) and have had issues go away at least for a while.
From what I've read, sometimes creating a new user profile in FF (by deleting the present profile) can alleviate some issues.
Go with Google CHROME. I've been very happy since I made the switch.
FWIW, there's a v 22 available, might fix it?
Firefox, Adobe, Shockwave Flash and a few others have been at war with each other a year or so. One would update their software and the other's upgrade would tear them all down again.
It got so bad that I could not open more than one window at a time without my system freezing and all the video would become unstable or crash.
A reboot (or several on my XP) would resolve the problem temporarily, then it would begin again.
I finally moved over to Chrome and most problems went away. It was also possible to integrate all my bookmarks and most passwords in the process.
The only time I use Firefox is when I download music files. None of the warring programs are opened at he same time. I have a few addons installed into Firefox that makes the process a one click process.
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I don't know if I want to switch to Google Chrome. When I Google Shockwave Crashing, seems like Chrome users are having the same problems.
> The only time I use Firefox is when I download music files. I have a few addons installed into Firefox that makes the process a one click process.
Sure..."music files"...we'll along go with that story 😉
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Shockwave is the internet standard for video player and loads automatically with no controls for the user.
On my personal PC I use Xtreme Sound 7.1 decoder.
I have not been able to find out if it is and XP problem that is causing the browsers to become unstable. That is where I believe the problem is.
With several XP machines, I have found that having more ram and a video card with the most memory and faster processor has fewer problems and with less frequency than minimum systems.
Today's web pages are huge and some never finish loading. The more you look and scroll, the more information is downloaded to that one page. That is part of the problem. Most computers were not built and programmed for that to happen.
All the addons and operating system developers are not working together and these problems persist and they keep tweeking their own programs without any idea what it does to the primary operating system and hardware.
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I run Firefox on a Win7-64 system chock full of processor and RAM. I keep Pandora going in the background (runs Shockwave) and I only get a crash once a week or so. Crashes usually occur immediately after I open one of the newspaper websites (they're all loaded with adds using Shockwave). This makes me suspect that one bad piece of Shockwave content or one content error takes down the whole pile taking the underlying browser with it.
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My wife reports the same problem with flash on our geriatric XP Pro desktop. It doesn't have enough RAM.
My XP home laptop with 2gb of RAM is still working fine.
My fav addons and programs are:
Quick Media Converter - translates and resizes any video or audio files to another user friendly file for smart phone or other devices
Download helper - comes in several versions including one that automatically strips the audio from YouTube videos and turns them into mp3 files
Audacity - creates custom audio compilations files that can be transferred to thumb drives and burnable to CD. Will download LP and cassette to digital media files using USB device.
B-)
Why is it that when an Adobe update notice pops on the screen, it will eventually ask you to turn other specific programs off?
I think it is because they do not play well together.
😉
Adobe has already discontinued Flash for Android, Linux, and Solaris. It'll be a happy day when Flash is dead altogether.
In the meantime, get Better Privacy addon for FF, kill all your Flash cookies (LSOs), and see if that helps.
First I will suggest you to update your browser and run a virus scan
The best way and complete solutions to remove the above said error is precisely mentioned in a video tutorial, you can access that tutorial from here
Best wishes
Catch 22? You need it to work to see the video about how to make it work?