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PC freezes when trying to watch videos on internet

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From september i couldn't watch any video on internet(youtube,facebook,and other websites) when using mozilla and everytime i play a video PC freezes,so i downloaded chrome and it worked fine,but few days ago PC started freezing again when watching videos online on chrome.(I'm sorry for grammar mistakes,english isn't my birth language,hope you understand)

I tried re-installing mozzila,re-installing flash player but that didn't work,please help me,what other solutions can i try?

From september i couldn't watch any video on internet(youtube,facebook,and other websites) when using mozilla and everytime i play a video PC freezes,so i downloaded chrome and it worked fine,but few days ago PC started freezing again when watching videos online on chrome.(I'm sorry for grammar mistakes,english isn't my birth language,hope you understand) I tried re-installing mozzila,re-installing flash player but that didn't work,please help me,what other solutions can i try?

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Recent freezes of certain multimedia contents (this includes Youtube videos, certain flash games and other applications) in conjunction with Firefox are most probably caused by a recent Flash update and/or a malfunctioning browser plugin such as Real Player.

In order to remedy the problem, please perform the steps mentioned in these Knowledge Base articles:

Other, more technical information about these issues can be found under these Links:

Above are all must reads and could all likely fix the freezing problems.


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