Firefox 4 on XP hangs on gmail (and other sites) when flash is installed

Firefox 4 hangs for about 30 to 45 seconds when logging into gmail and some other sites. The problem goes away when flash is uninstalled. This sounds similar to the problem:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/808868#answer-166820
However, performing the solution provided (uninstalling and reinstalling after reboot) does not work on my system.

You have a general.useragent.override pref that is corrupting the user agent.
*general.useragent.override: undefined GoogleToolbarBB
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Finding+your+Firefox+version
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/websites-say-firefox-outdated-or-incompatible

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Finding+your+Firefox+version
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/websites-say-firefox-outdated-or-incompatible

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I resolved it. and i see there is a few more people that ran into this problem.
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Hi manojlalu,
Thanks for posting to the Lenovo Community,
I’d like to help you with the issue that you’re facing could you please share with us your machine Model and the windows installed version.
Thanks and Regards,
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When i try to navigate to gmail (and other sites) I get a strange download prompt.

It says this (with the filename varying from site to site.):
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Which is: application:octet-stream
From: mail.google.com
What should Firefox do with this file?
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Save
Its very strange, it just happens when i enter a website into navigation bar and bit enter.
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* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
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Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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