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Adobe flash player unresponsive

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Flash player crashes on when I try to play a video on YouTube, watch a show on hulu and other sites. I have tried everything I have removed adobe, then installed it again updated Firefox I reload the page every time the unresponsive message shows up, but it just continuously crashes

Flash player crashes on when I try to play a video on YouTube, watch a show on hulu and other sites. I have tried everything I have removed adobe, then installed it again updated Firefox I reload the page every time the unresponsive message shows up, but it just continuously crashes

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If you have problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions then check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also: