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FreedRadical

(518 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2014, 06:41 PM Jan 2014

Why does my online video's freeze up??

I am using an Aspire 5532 laptop running window 7. We have an Xfinity wireless router running our home network. Lately more and more when I open a YouTube video or NPR radio pod cast or hulu vids, they seem to freeze anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple minutes with an annoying buzz. Sometimes once sometimes multiple times back to back. What is going on? Is it something to with my computer or am I being restricted in some way? Also it seems to happening when I log on to Facebook. Please help.

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Why does my online video's freeze up?? (Original Post) FreedRadical Jan 2014 OP

Do a manual cycle or two of Windows Update Sentath Jan 2014 #1

more direct link than flash.com Sentath Jan 2014 #2

To Add: Be sure to do a custom install and uncheck everything else. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2014 #3

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

1. Do a manual cycle or two of Windows Update

Reply to FreedRadical (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 07:05 PM

Jan 2014

It's in the Control Panel. And, see if it updates video drivers.

Check with flash.com and see if you have the latest version of Flash.

And check back in here, please ( :

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

2. more direct link than flash.com

Reply to Sentath (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 07:07 PM

Jan 2014

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)

3. To Add: Be sure to do a custom install and uncheck everything else.

Reply to Sentath (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 05:38 PM

Jan 2014

You only want to install flash, nothing else.

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