Adobe Flash Player Crashing My Pc!

[25GTT]

Hey Gang,

So basically adobe flash updated to version 10.1 on friday/saturday i think it was, go to watch a you tube vid on Sunday and Blue Screen then restart! Arrrggh!

googled the issue and it appears it has happened to others, might be an issue with the latest release and running catylyst 10.3

Sooo i uninstall flash player 10.1 using adobes uninstall tool, then try to install a previous version of flash, but each time i try to install it, it defaults to 10.1 of flash again and surely enough it crashes.

By any chance do any of you guys have an older version of adobe flash exe? or is there something i am not doing right!

I finally 2 months ago got broadband, so one of my simple pleasures thus far has been you tube....... not any more and i cant be bothered waiting for all that time of a new version of flash to come out again!

[R31Nismoid]

hehe, this is why i never update drivers/versions in the first 2 months unless i need a problem fixed

Uninstall flash, and just google for an older version.

Either that or uninstall CCC and backdate that to 10.2

I'm still on 9.1

[25GTT]

yeah i think i might have to go back on the catalyst driver, have googled heaps of sites, the exe name even says an older version of flash but when it installs it defaults to 10.1 every time??

Yeah will go back on catalyst. I remember though there was a huge performance increase in the newest version of catalyst drivers, full article was on Toms Hardware, which is why i didnt want to go back on it.

Will have to bite the bullet Nismoid unless if anyone else has any options?

[25GTT]

OK techie guys need ya help!

So just went from catalysrt 10.3 where i would get the BSOD whenever watching a flash video or you tube clip! it would restart after BSOD.

So i have now upgraded to catalsyt 10.6......... and .... still BSOD!

I have removed then reinstalled flash 10.1 with still no luck.

BUT i have also tried hunting down older versions of 10.1 with no luck, i DO find an older version and it says to "Click here to download flashplayer 9" but when i do it still defaults to re downloading 10.1 and surely enough installs as 10.1!

Anybody have any other ideas? I have googled and it seems a few others have had problems with no success, another answer was when the flash vid comes up to right click on the flash vid and select "disable hardware accelerator" sounds like a great idea but too bad my PC crashes before i can even click on a vid!

HEEEELP!!

[iseekool]

Reason for the crashing is Adobe using the GPU for processing as opposed to the CPU. CUDA technology for nVidia and something equivelent for the ATI.

Try getting the latest Catalyst drivers and Adobe Flash.

The issue could also be to do with the browser. Just as a test can you try both internet explorer and firefox. I've personally experienced Firefox going funny after some plugin updates (not saying this never happens to internet explorer).

Could be as simple as re-installing the browsers.

Also ensure your Java is at the latest version - java is known to cause crashes too - but rarely as spectacular as a BSOD

[25GTT]

Have updated to latest flash and latest catalyst, eveything has been updated. uninstalled then updated again.

What i did find interesting though is, i used Google chrome that utilises HTML 5 and not flash, went to you tube and guess what..... BSOD!! Arrrgh! dont know what the hell is happening but all i know is that i might have to complete a full wipe of the HDD's and start again :-(