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Firefox is freezing for extended periods

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(this is related to Flash plug-in, but not quite same as others are reporting) When playing SWF video, and selecting another 'sub-video', ... - none of the firefox windows responds - Unable to close with Alt-F4 - Unable to activate with Alt-Tab - right-click of Firefox windows on Task Bar either shows nothing, or else unselectable options - Until video starts loading, nothing works - Once video starts loading, everything starts working If I force close firefox, I get "Firefox is not responding"

I can make this happen almost on demand when watching SWF with sub-videos in them

Compaq 6715b notebook, 2.00GB RAM, 320GB HDD in 3 partitions Vista Business 32bit SP2 FF 3.6.10 Shockwave Flash 10.1.83.5

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Firefox is not responding


Description:

 A problem caused this program to stop interacting with 

Windows.

Problem signature:

 Problem Event Name:	AppHangXProcB1
 Application Name:	firefox.exe
 Application Version:	1.9.2.3909
 Application Timestamp:	4c8fdcc5
 Hang Signature:	9906
 Hang Type:	6208
 Waiting on Application Name:	plugin-container.exe
 Waiting on Application Version:	1.9.2.3909
 OS Version:	6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
 Locale ID:	5129
 Additional Hang Signature 1:	

2325a338925162357511d593de1797ea

 Additional Hang Signature 2:	09a9
 Additional Hang Signature 3:	

461ab141c5bdef416438b2a45dd75f45

 Additional Hang Signature 4:	9906
 Additional Hang Signature 5:	

2325a338925162357511d593de1797ea

 Additional Hang Signature 6:	09a9
 Additional Hang Signature 7:	

461ab141c5bdef416438b2a45dd75f45

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(I truncated Help > TS Info from 43,585 to under 30,000)

(this is related to Flash plug-in, but not quite same as others are reporting) When playing SWF video, and selecting another 'sub-video', ... - none of the firefox windows responds - Unable to close with Alt-F4 - Unable to activate with Alt-Tab - right-click of Firefox windows on Task Bar either shows nothing, or else unselectable options - Until video starts loading, nothing works - Once video starts loading, everything starts working If I force close firefox, I get "Firefox is not responding" I can make this happen almost on demand when watching SWF with sub-videos in them Compaq 6715b notebook, 2.00GB RAM, 320GB HDD in 3 partitions Vista Business 32bit SP2 FF 3.6.10 Shockwave Flash 10.1.83.5 ==== Firefox is not responding ---- Description: A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: AppHangXProcB1 Application Name: firefox.exe Application Version: 1.9.2.3909 Application Timestamp: 4c8fdcc5 Hang Signature: 9906 Hang Type: 6208 Waiting on Application Name: plugin-container.exe Waiting on Application Version: 1.9.2.3909 OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6 Locale ID: 5129 Additional Hang Signature 1: 2325a338925162357511d593de1797ea Additional Hang Signature 2: 09a9 Additional Hang Signature 3: 461ab141c5bdef416438b2a45dd75f45 Additional Hang Signature 4: 9906 Additional Hang Signature 5: 2325a338925162357511d593de1797ea Additional Hang Signature 6: 09a9 Additional Hang Signature 7: 461ab141c5bdef416438b2a45dd75f45 Read our privacy statement: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/? linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409 ============ (I truncated Help > TS Info from 43,585 to under 30,000)

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You have received replies in the other topic you recently posted on a similar issue, here:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/755321 How do I work out which plugin is causing the problem?