Why Flash Player Is Buffering Slow After Windows 8 Update

After I have updated my windows 8 in my HP Pavilion N-15 Core i-3 notebook, the flash player is running creepy and I am unable to watch and stream videos online.
That is very frustrating, I asked microsoft about this but they said there may be problem in flash player. I tried to figure out what causing this creepy streaming but haven't resolved this issue. Can any one help me over this?
Thanks

1.) Do you have the same issue in other browsers?
2.) Do you see an improvement when you disable hardware acceleration (instructions in the troubleshooting guide below):
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html
3.) Are you using any ad-blocking, anti-tracking, video capture plugins or software firewalls? If so, what are they (include versions)?
If you're still stuck, please follow the directions in the guide on providing the dxdiag report and additional information about what you tested and saw.

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