Flash Videos in Safari on 2011 Macbook Air a NO GO!

I have installed the latest version of the Flash Player plugin on my brand new Macbook Air (Lion) and certain sites like IGN and StarWars.com wont play videos. What's funny is it will play the stupid advertisement first, but as soon as the main video tries to load, I get:
"201 unable to load stream or clip file connection... bla bla bla yata yata yata"
That happens on IGN. On StarWars.com, the video just wont play. I suspect its the same glitch though. Google Chrome plays these videos just fine from both sites. I only have problems in Safari, which is my main browser.
Has anyone else seen this happen and is there a way around it? I even tried installing Flash 11rc1 and the problem is still there. I also went into the Flash System Prefpane and cleared all the stored data since I read that sometimes helps. It's very annoying to have to switch browsers just to watch flash videos. Good thing this is a fast machine.

Using iCloud to sync bookmarks between your Mac and iPad?
If so, on the iPad tap Settings > iCloud. Swich Safari off then back on.
On your Mac, open System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect the box next to Safari then reselect it.
Give iCloud a few minutes to re sync your bookmarks.
If you are using iCloud, don't sync Safari bookmarks on iTunes. That could be why the bookmark tabs got emptied out.

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      Steve

    Wow, you're right -- I can't believe it. I just really can't believe they would screw up so badly, yet when I search for "10.7.2 filevault" I don't find more than a couple of articles about it on the web (including this thread). Why on earth wouldn't Apple have put up some kind of warning about this? I can't believe it, really. It's insane.
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    Apple, if you're listening, you really really really need to say something to your users so they know. Many many many MBA users are likely to have still not upgraded. You can prevent them from hating you and your products by making sure they don't screw the pooch here.  Short version: Mid-2011 MacBook Airs running Filevault 2 WILL NOT BOOT after 10.7.2 update; so users should turn off Filevault2 before upgrading.
      Steve

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