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Youtube freezing on Windows XP machine working fine on Windows 7 machine.

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  • 28-07-2012 12:38pm
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    BrokenArrows
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    Have a laptop running Windows XP. Recently downgraded it to XP from 7.

    Anyway when on 7 i never had any streaming issues from youtube but on Xp im getting between 2-15 seconds of play and then the streaming stops.
    My phone also plays youtube without any issues so its not an internet speed issue. I have a 30 meg connection anyway.

    I can stream from netflix and bbc i player without any problems.

    If i press pause and pay again it does NOT start.

    If i scroll forward by clicking on the buffering section i get another playtime of between 2-15 seconds and then it stops again.

    I have stopped the windows firewall and avg antivirus but this made no difference.

    Im running the latest Adobe flash player.

    Same issue occurs on Firefox and IE8

    Any ideas?


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    #2
    Torqay
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    Right click in a Flashplayer window > Settings > Display and clear the box "Enable Hardware Acceleration". See if that solves the problem. Mind you, you will have to do this in both browsers, since they're using different versions of the Flashplayer.


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    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Torqay wrote: »
    Right click in a Flashplayer window > Settings > Display and clear the box "Enable Hardware Acceleration". See if that solves the problem. Mind you, you will have to do this in both browsers, since they're using different versions of the Flashplayer.

    That is already enabled on both.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    That is already enabled on both.

    I know, it's enabled by default but I said, "clear the box", didn't I? :p

    So turn it off and try again. ;)


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    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Torqay wrote: »
    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    That is already enabled on both.

    I know, it's enabled by default but I said, "clear the box", didn't I? :p

    So turn it off and try again. ;)

    Ah ok. I misread it.

    I tried that but still the same.


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