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Cant watch you tube video I receive error message "an error occurred please try again later" . How do I fix on windows XP

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Cant watch you tube video I receive error message "an error occurred please try again later" . How do I fix on windows XP Thanks

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Hello,

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.


Please check if all your plugins are up-to-date. To do this, go to the Mozilla Plugin Check site.

Once you're there, the site will check if all your plugins have the latest versions. If you see plugins in the list that have a yellow Update button or a red Update now button, please update these immediately.

To do so, please click each red or yellow button. Then you should see a site that allows you to download the latest version. Double-click the downloaded file to start the installation and follow the steps mentioned in the installation procedure.

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I was getting the same error message for videos on YouTube. After trying a bunch of "fixes" for this really annoying problem -- none of which worked -- I uninstalled Real Player and voila! No more problems. Hope this will help someone else out there!

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It's October 2013. I have the same problem. I go to watch a youtube video and the dreaded pop up comes "An error occurred....." I have found out that Adobe has a software glitch with Firefox and Youtube. It's in their 11 verision. Until they fix the glitch I'll be an IE user.