Flash works, but causes IE8 to hang when multiple tabs are open

I have a problem which is very consistent... If I open IE8 to my home page (non flash), then open another tab (and go no where, just a clean tab) and then try to close IE completely (saying yes to close all tabs prompt). IE hangs for about 30 seconds before shutting down. If I disable the add-on for flash and then repeat the steps, IE closes right away without incident. Any thoughts? Happens every time...
As a side note, this is a XenDesktop Windows 7 image fully patched and running the most current version of the Flash plug-in.
Thanks in advance!
Eric

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Your plugins list shows outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.
* Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22
* Java Plug-in 1.6.0_11 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
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*http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp#jdk (you need JRE)
Update the [[Flash]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

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