After 1 year, I finally solved the Flash Player 100% CPU issue!

I created this guide to help people with this problem.
http://sgsoft.bravehost.com/flashcpuproblem.html
My problem was after watching/doing Flash videos or anything Flash related, my CPU would go up to 100% and whole computer slows down to a point I had to close my browse through Task Manager.
Both in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Searched all over the web and still couldn't find a solution.
It was my CPU heating issue causing this slowdown and sluggish performance of Flash.
Hope, it helps you guys.

You may wish to note that at least some of the problems on any Windows system after Windows XP could relate to the use of FlashPlayers protected mode.
Some users may wish to employ the most recent version of Flash Player that will work on their sytem. in which case it could be worth trying an up-to-date version of FlashPlayer but with protected mode disabled.
The setting is changeable by editing a file ( adding the line ProtectedMode=0 to the Flash "mms.cfg" file) and instructions may be found in these articles
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Flash_Player_11.3_Protected_Mode_-_Windows <br /> Probably an interesting reference article to scroll through regarding Flash Problems with Firefox
* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071#TemporaryWorkaround<br/>Again an article with more Flash Player troubleshooting tips included

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