Flash makes my Firefox freeze

The Shockwave Flash plugin makes my Firefox freeze anytime I enter a page containing flash content. I am absolutely sure that it is the cause of the freezing as everytime I choose to activate it on obvious flash sites the whole browser freezes permanently (well at least until I shutdown Firefox with task manager)
I have googled this, reinstalled firefox/flash so many times but none of it works. And no I cannot change the hardware acceleration of flash that many reccomend as I cannot even load flash content at all.
Please help, Firefox is my favorite internet browser and the only one I actually like(d) and I detest Chrome and the other alternatives.

Hello,
Some problems with Flash video playback can be resolved by disabling hardware acceleration in your Flash Player settings. (See [[Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems|this article]] for more information on using the Flash plugin in Firefox).
To disable hardware acceleration in Flash Player:
#Go to this [http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#main_Solve_video_playback_issues Adobe Flash Player Help page].
#Right-click on the Flash Player logo on that page.
#Click on '''Settings''' in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
# Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel. <br/> <br/>[[Image:fpSettings1.PNG]] <br/>
# Remove the check mark from '''Enable hardware acceleration'''.
# Click '''Close''' to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
# Restart Firefox.
This [http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html Flash Player Help - Display Settings page] has more information on Flash Player hardware acceleration, if you're interested.
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