Shockwave Flash, Firefox RC1, MSN Video

Since installing Firefox 3 RC1, 3 b5, and 3 b4, MSN Video
crashes Firefox. I waited until Firefox was out of Beta but
unfortunately it still occurs with RC 1. I also cannot get MSNBC
videos to play but they do install and don't crash Firefox. I get
no error report in Firefox when the crash occurs. Other videos play
without problems. (You Tube, Google, National Geographic, AOL,
etc.)
I uninstalled (Using Adobe uninstaller) and reinstalled
Shockwave Flash 9.0r124 just in case and that didn't solve the
problem.
I am running a similar forum question on MozillaZine but the
only reply I received was from one of the moderators claiming it
sounded like a Flash Problem.
System - Dell Dimension 3000 XP SP3, 512 Ram, 160 GB HD,
Kaspersky Internet Security, Firefox is Default Browser
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

quote:
Originally posted by:
komodo9
Hum, have you tried completely clearing your browser cache?
Maybe the swf file that you downloaded from MSN video became
corrupted.
To clear everything in firefox, hit CTRL-Shift-Delete at the
same time, check Cache, and hit the button at the bottom.
Yea, I have Firefox set to do that every time it closes, but
I also did it manually just to make sure. Not quite sure where to
go from here. I posted in the MozillaZine Forums and Support at MSN
but haven't come up with a solution yet.

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