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Firefox runs slow and stops for a bit

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I find that running flash games such as the ones through Facebook have a lag or the browser freezes up and I have to wait for it to finally go through after sometimes 20-30 seconds. Yet, Chrome and IE9 work without issue moving right through to what I click on.

I find that running flash games such as the ones through Facebook have a lag or the browser freezes up and I have to wait for it to finally go through after sometimes 20-30 seconds. Yet, Chrome and IE9 work without issue moving right through to what I click on.

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Also, I have found this to be the same on every computer I use.

Windows 7, Windows 8 Firefox Vers: 17.0.1 Flash: 11.5.502.135

As you can tell, all this is up to date. Its the frames inside the flash window that end up lagging. I used to strictly use Firefox because it didn't have these issues. Now its reversed and I have started to use IE again.

One correction, IE versions I'm using are both 9 and 10.

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This sounds like an issue with flash. Have you ensured that Hardware Accerlation in flash is enabled? Right click inside the flash frame > Settings. The "Enable Hardware Acceleration" box should be ticked. If it is already ticked, you could try and untick it and see how the game performs.

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Also make sure that you allow the plugin-container process in the firewall.

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