Shockwave may be busy... etc... error box keeps coming up

Question

I am SOOOOOO sick of this issue.  I have posted asking for help,  advice and etc... in many different sites including THIS ONE, and no one  seems to know how to fix this. For about the last month or so, I have  had a problem with my adobe flash, or shockwave flash or what ever the  hell you want to call it. I say this last part because I have been told  they are the same, and I have been told they are different. Here is a  screen shot of the damn pop up box I keep getting, it also shows how I  am also often told that I need to install adobe flash to view something  even though I DO have it installed already.
The  issue: It seems like every couple of mins at times, my browser will  freeze, then after a few seconds to mins, I get the above shown pop up  box about my unresponsive plugin. Usually when I click the continue  button, after a few mins the page continues to work. This usually only  lasts a few mins before it freezes again and I get the pop up box AGAIN.  Sometimes it stays unfrozen for a while, and I have no issues but this  is very rare.  Now if I click the stop plugin option, this usually makes  adobe flash crash altogether, and I have to refresh everything.  Sometimes my page does not unfreeze at all, even after clicking the  continue button, my browser does not unfreeze, and I have to open my  task manager, and shut it all down manually. As for the other issue,  where I am told I have to download adobe flash to view something, this  does not happen EVERY time I try viewing something, but it does happen, I  would say maybe 2-8 times out of 10 it happens. It has happened while  trying to view videos, commercials I get while playing games sometimes,  or many other things, I am saying this because I want to make sure you  understand it is NOT just when I am on facebook or something, I just  happened to take the screenshot above while on FB when it happened this  most recent time to make this post here with.
Ok  so I have tried a LOT of things to fix this. I more then once tried  uninstalling and then reinstalling adobe flash, I did so following the  instructions for a CLEAN INSTALL as I was directed by someone else to  try. In case the issue was something to do with my anti virus, or fire  wall or etc... I have also tried uninstalling, then reinstalling while  my windows firewall was turned OFF, as well as my anti virus turned off.  I have tried uninstalling my browsers as well, then reinstalling them  AFTER reinstalling adobe.
According  to the flash checker thing on the adobe site itself, I DO have the most  current version installed, I also checked the page to see if it was  supposed to be working properly, and according to your site it said my  adobe flash WAS working fine, the images and etc... displayed fine. All  of my browsers and etc... are also ALL up to date. I have made sure that  ALL of my adobe products are up to date, the reader, active x,  shockwave, etc...
I  have tried everything and yet I still keep getting this message box,  and often enough I get the message saying adobe needs to be installed to  view something. I had not installed anything, nor had I made any  changes to my comp or system prior to this problem starting, though if I  am not mistaken, I think I HAD just upgraded to the newest version OF  adobe at the time, this was over a month ago now...
I  also want to add, so that I don't start getting suggestions to do so...  I do not have a virus on my comp. I have checked and rechecked my  system using a few different programs like windows defender,  malwarebytes, my anti virus Avast!, Spybot Search & Destroy,  Microsoft Safety Scanner and possibly other ones as well, and none of  them have ever found any malware, adware, or viruses.
As  for my system and info: I mostly use firefox (yes most recent version),  however recently I did download and try using Google Chrome in order to  find out if this was a firefox issue or something, as someone suggested  once. I encountered the SAME pop up box, and message while using Google  Chrome, as well as while using IE, which tells me even more this is not  a "browser" problem, but more an adobe/shockwave/flash or whatever  problem. I have windows 7 home premium on my comp, it is the 64-bit  operating system.

Answer 1

Here's the next things I'd try if this was my machine.
1. Revert back to a previous version of Flash Player to see if you can determine when the problem started occurring.  It would be great if we could narrow this down and, for example, find that it started with 11.6.602.180.   That'll give Adobe something to work with to reproduce the issue (which we have not been able to, as this would be a release blocking problem if it was easily reproducible.)  From there you can choose to use the most recently working 11.x version or you can roll back to the latest 10.3 version of Flash Player to receive all of the latest security updates.
How do I revert to a previous version of Flash Player?
Where do I find previous versions of Flash Player?
2. If it happens with older versions of Flash, then I'd start to suspect something else happening on my system.  First, I'd try rebooting in safe mode with networking enabled.  This should disable all third party utilities and services from starting and possibly interfering with Flash Player.  If Flash works fine under this mode, then it's a matter of determining what else is loading at startup and eliminating the possible causes.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode
http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_win7.html
3. If it still occurs in Safe mode, then see if either of the two Microsoft KB updates have been applied to your system:
KB2670838 – Platform Update for Windows 7 x64
KB2670838 - Platform Update for Windows 7 x64
If so, and you have verified that all of your video drivers are up to date, uninstall them and see if that makes a difference.  We've had reports from users that this can cause problems with Flash Player (though typically these symptoms are video and audio related.)
4. Finally, I'd report this as a bug to the Adobe bugbase.adobe.com bug database.  Details of what we absolutely must have for investigation can be found here:
How do I report a Flash Player crash to Adobe?
After entering the bug, the next most crucial step would be telling other people with the same problem about your bug report.  Provide a link to your bug here and other community locations so that people effected can add their comments and votes.  A bug with no comments or votes just won't carry the same weight as a bug with multiple other users chiming in.