Flash 10 hangs Internet Explorer 7 on Vista?

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Originally posted by: goshahriar
My problem is that now when I try to download flashplayer it says my platform is not supported. Does anyone have any clues as to how to help me? Sorry, I didn't know who else to ask, and as this was how my problem started I thought you guys might know. It's a brand new laptop, so I don't know what the problwm is. Thanks for listening.

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Try this: How to uninstall Flash Player
It's strange it gives you that error anyway if you installed/uninstalled it correctly.

Hi Everyone... I've been monitoring this particular Forum Thread for about... 3 months now... and I've found a solution that worked for me

I've experienced the problem myself, although I'm not using Vista, nor IE 7.... I'm in XP-Pro sp3, using IE 6.0.290.2180. I'm in an office environment, which will not allow us to migrate to Vista (not that we want to, lol) or IE 7. Initially we all get Flash 9 installed by default, but a soon a Flash 10 came out, I upgraded my Office PC to it. I must also comment that this problem has NOT happened in my Home PC with XP-pro sp3 & IE7, Flash10 works fine there.

Since October, my IE 6.0 has been experiencing constant, and random Hangs when visiting sites with Flash content. Initially, the first two or three pages that I visit work fine, but once I open a new Window, or browse to a different page, my PC starts dragging itself and becomes non-responsive... the only thing that sort-of responds is the IE windows that initiated the 'Freeze'. I have not found a way to replicate this (I'm sorry Adobe guys, we won't do the job for you... just know that it happens and its irritating... fix it please) because there's simply no unique webpage, or action that clearly causes this. As soon as this happens, I just wait until IE crashes and everything return back to normal. Once I un-install or disable Flash as an Add-on, the problem disappears.

I've been working for months now without Flash, without any problems. Any time I see a possible solution in this thread, I try it, but Flash still freezes my PC..... until yesterday, when I tried something different: I installed the DEBUG version of Flash player 10.... that's it… that's all I did, and my IE has not crashed any more, and Flash content ins working fine....

I ran "flashplayer10r12_36_winax_debug.exe" which I downloaded from here:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/10/flashplayer_10_ax_debug.exe

I hope this works for people other than me, while Adobe 'works' on a solution (or, in acknowledging the problem first..)

Hi Hexaae-
Oh yeah... there were problems....you just don't remember. That's why so many old threads are being rehashed.
However, FP9's problems were a breeze compared to 10's. Most of the FP9's you see now were/are pre-installed on computers and work very well, until folks go with another browser and have to upgrade. I installed/tried Firefox for the first time yesterday, ran it without FP(fast!) and with (slower). The site (CNN) insisted on the latest (FP10). Vids played faster than they loaded (like IE) so they were jerky. I did the old "Rt click" thing and they settled out. All the flying-around ads are really annoying, though.
I had to do a search for "thetechangel.com" thread (archived), it's now on page 1. Check the start date on this thread- this problem has been going on for a while!

Hi Hexaae-
Hopefully he's busy working on the solution!
Lanesharon is partly correct, but his method doesn't work for everyone. I tested a variant of this some time ago and had good success with it. In his case, it's not that multiple versions get loaded, but that the timing is messed up. FP10 seems to require more download speed than we normal humans can provide. I took my laptop to various places from dial-up to Business Comcast, trying both corded and wireless. The faster, the better. Add to that is the webbers killing us all with flash-ads. Yesterday I updated an old computer from FP6 to FP10 and it was a LOT busier. I almost wanted to go back to 6!
One thing that does help is to pause/stop the video prior to leaving the site, or your next page may hang.
For some it's been a permissions issue, for some an installation issue.
For now, for IE, there's two methods that have worked for many. The old "Rt click on the Util folder, follow the Wizard" method, and the newer method provided by "thetechangel.com" (I forgot the exact title)in this forum. I'll bump it toward the front of the forum. Do some searching and tryin' stuff, or wait for the Adobe fix.

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Originally posted by: lanesharon
I have been freezing (locking up) also. I have IE7, Adobe flashutil10a, and Vista Home. I finally am realizing why this is happening.

If a website has mutliple flash items on it, Adobe loads multiple versions of flashutil10a. Since many of the new website developers have gone flash crazy, throwing images and ads at us, this can add up quickly.

If you are like I am and running lean (Athlon 1145 MHZ, 1G memory), then you will freeze. At least, that is my suggestion for why this is happening.

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No this problem has been reproduced on all kinds of PCs. For me I have a 4GB ram, Core 2 Duo 2GHz... moreover, if it was a "too much flash" problem would be always reproduceable on the same web page. If you reload the page where you've been stuck before, you won't again. It happens randomly....

I am having serious difficulties with Adobe Flash Player 10. In December of '08, I upgraded from FP 9 and ever since I have been hanging and occasionally even crashing in IE 7. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1, 32bit OS. It took a while to determine that it was FP 10, but I came to the realization that it was, as these problems didn't start occuring until I downloaded FP 10 - and that the hangs and crashes only occur with add-ons enabled and with only three add-ons running in my "manage add-ons" tab.

I have used Adobe's uninstaller - following directions perfectly - uninstalled, reinstalled repeatedly. Yet, I am still having the issues with IE hanging and sometimes crashing. I notice it happens most frequently when I open another tab and load another page, or when I navigate away from another page, or when I try to close an existing tab. The page turns an opaque white and a box will come up and tell me that "Internet Explorer Is Not Responding". It will then give me the option of closing the program or restarting the program. Occasionally I even have to use Task Manager to close windows (often losing work in the process).

Unfortunately, I can't replicate the problem with any certainty. It happens on and off, without warning. But, usually on pages that are loaded with Flash images.

Is there a patch for this any time soon? I use many websites that require a Flash player -- and this is just irritating and enormously frustrating. This is happening up to five or six times daily now. I'm very disgruntled at this point and have invested far too much time in initially figuring out what was causing this. When will it be fixed?