Youtube and Firefox issues? Grrr?

Lucky for you, whoever set up Firefox on your PC also installed NoScript.

There will be a little box at the bottom right side of your screen asking which scripts you want to run. Click "Allow YouTube" and refresh your screen (F5).

If your YouTube is stuck with "java script" and "flash player"

messages and people are telling you change or install stuff,

DON'T TOUCH A THING!

You will get nowhere fiddling with java scripts, flash players,

firewall settings, anti-virus utilities, active X controls, pop-up

blockers or various browsers. And definitely stay away from

software that disguised salespeople on Yahoo are trying to

sucker you into buying.

None of those things will help you, because your computer

and YouTube were working perfectly fine a while ago, right?

The first rule of thumb and best option should ALWAYS be:

don't disable, erase, uninstall, switch, download, alter, add,

change or install anything. That'll only make matters worse.

I am sure your Flash player is fine. Nothing about watching

videos has changed in the past year. If anything, the newer

Flash players have been known to give lots of grief to many

YouTubers, especially all 5 variations of version 10. (Why in

the world is there 10.0.525, 10.1.218, 10.2.26, 10.2.54 and

10.12.36? The only thing that upgrades are good for is their

potential to create all kinds of software/computer conflicts.)

Your problem might fix itself within a couple hours or by the

next day because YouTube frequently shuts down many of

its servers every single day without telling anybody in order

to update stuff. On some of those occasions it's YouTube's

transmission of "java" or "flash" that's poor, not yours.

If the following day your YouTube is still stuck and showing

you those terrible "java script" and "flash player" messages,

it is possible that your subdirectories of "temporary internet

files" and memory (many times called "cache") are entirely

maxxed out and cannot take anymore, the end result being

that YouTube videos cannot even make it onto your screen.

"Temporary internet files" are tiny bits of webpages that get

permanently put on your computer. They will remain forever

and ever, gradually plugging up your computer just like hair

slowly clogs a sink drain until you get rid of them, or "clear

your cache" including "cookies" and "history". Then reboot.

If you're not sure how to clear your "cache", or if you would

like extra 'tips' on making YouTube run even better (without

having to buy or install anything), click my avatar and send

send me a message -- ideally with your YouTube or regular

email address. I will guide you step-by-step through "cache"

clearing plus my 'tips' in plain English with full explanations.

Note 1: if you've got Google Web Accelerator or something

similar to it...dump it, burn it, trash it, disable it, uninstall it;

do all you can to get rid of it -- even though this contradicts

my advice uptop. GWA conflicts with YouTube. Clicking on

"Don't Accelerate This Website" won't help you whatsoever.

(Some downloaders and converters also ruin YouTube too.)

Note 2: longer videos only require "Flash" and "Shockwave"

in order to play smooth. Other than that, avoid all the sales

pitches that some Yahooers are shilling, because they are

really disguised salespeople and peddlers. Their "answers"

have nothing to do with your problem, and their wares may

worsen your problem. Besides, what kind of selfish answer

is that? [my paraphrase] "Although you cannot even watch

or access videos, buy our downloader."

Note 3: a very odd fix that once worked for me was altering

the URL "www . youtube . com" to simply "youtube . com",

(or you can even try "ca . youtube . com").

Note 4: If you truly believe that "Flash" is the problem, you

should perhaps consider 9.45 or 9.47. I have never strayed

away from 9.47, and lots of "flashers" swear by 9.45. Think

of those two as you would Windows XP compared to Vista.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20081125075...

I hope that my information proves to be very helpful for you.

these will help you...

1. Use Opera browser, it will load faster and smoother, and re-install latest flash (the correct way).

get the latest flash player, and install it.. make sure all the browsers are NOT running during installation...

OR..

2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.

Try watching it during off peak hours, the video will be smoother.

Or you could watch it offline smoothly... try using 'zillatube' .

It works well - Just google search "zillatube" to get it.

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search for the file and then you envoke it by double clicking on it.

Are you using vista? because this problem didn' t exist on my XP one. I couldn't find the file in vista. Go to a folder called downloads and it will be there. I had the exact same problem and downloaded it twice

Once you downloaded the flashplayer, you should have restarted your computer. Try that.

My gf had the same problem

Save it to your desktop

Go to your desktop and open it up and install it.

It will work.

Have you made sure that you installed it? you may have just downloaded the installer. if you have then idk