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my Mozilla Firefox say's that my shockwave Flash has crashed. I would like to know how to fix it

my Mozilla Firefox say's that my shockwave Flash has crashed. I would like to know how to fix it

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Hello, can you please go through these articles and see if your problem is solved.

Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems

Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again


You can also get more technical information about these issues under these Links:

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Modified by Aman Routh

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Note that the OP is using Windows XP, so Flash protected mode doesn't apply (requires Vista and later).

You can try to disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin.
You can also check if there is an update for your graphics display driver.

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