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have latest version of adobe and yet the plug in still keeps crashing and i am using firefox in safe mode

have latest version of adobe and yet the plug in still keeps crashing and i am using firefox in safe mode

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Hello LadyRubyNightDragon,

What happens exactly before it crashes? Open a pdf file? Did you submit any crash reports? If yes, please include the crash id by entering about:crashes in the address bar.


Have a nice day

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im opening a pdf file sorry if im a bit vague im not good with technology

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Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox (you need to close and restart Firefox).

If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:

  • bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

You can find the IDs of the submitted crash reports on the about:crashes page.

  • You can open the about:crashes page via the location bar, like you open a website, or open the crash reports page via "Help > Troubleshooting Information".

See:


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Hope this is what you are asking for sorry complete novice when it comes to tech side

Report ID 	                        Date Submitted
bp-01ece13c-1dfd-4afa-b267-bcb442140112 12/01/2014 01:54 
bp-9adbbe31-9d88-4add-b950-7b6f22140112 12/01/2014 01:28 
bp-d3219c8d-35ca-42d9-8396-3e2182140112 12/01/2014 01:27 
bp-e518c696-009d-46da-a8ce-9646a2140112 12/01/2014 01:27 
bp-0683bd04-5194-4a58-99e9-d91aa2140112 12/01/2014 01:26 

Modified by cor-el

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Only crash reports that have a bp- prefix are usually send the Mozilla crash server, so I removed the report IDs that you added.

All the crash reports with a bp- prefix show a problem with the Flash plugin.

You can check for problems with current Flash plugin versions and try these:

  • disable a possible RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension for Firefox and update the RealPlayer if installed
  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin