Somehow Foxfire auto-updated me to the newest version of Adobe Flash Player...or Shockwave Flash Player version 11. My email was so sloooow and FF was lagging and even hung, at one point. So, I checked the system requirements for version 11 and it requires 512 mbs of ram!!
So...I downloaded the uninstaller, removed it from my program list and then uninstalled with uninstaller (to be sure it's gone). I ran my cleaner (CCleaner) and am now going to install the last updated version of 10. It's 10.3.193.10 NonIE (plugin not activex). I found the old version at the following site:
<a href="http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/10640/">Download Flash Player (Non-IE) from FileHippo.com</a>
It will show all the archived older versions along the right side of the page (along with newest 11 version). I'm downloading the 10.3, as I only have 256 mbs of ram.
It also has archived all sorts of versions for other types of computer...i.e. Macs, Linux, etc.
The above link was the link they suggested cutting and pasting for the page, as they have other archived versions, I guess. But this is the link to download the 10.3 only (kinda confusing, no?) lol:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/10640/
They also have the latest version of CCleaner, too. Btw, I NEVER use the registry tool on that, just the "as is" cleaner and love it! I've used it for years to clean up remnants of uninstalled programs left behind, temp files/cookies/history from all browsers that I have (in one cleaning). It's fast and free. I use either Pirifoam or the Filehippo sites to download the updates, too.
Now back to the Flash 11 version...I just left the FF forum page and there are a number of people complaining about freezing, crashing, etc. When I saw they had XP, I tried to let them know of the large ram required with v. 11, but they are content to keep it and are killing themselves trying everything else. Not me. I dumped it.
Just for the heck of it, I went to Chrome and disabled Java and Flash there, too. I never use it, as it's a huge memory hog. I did that, because as I exited FF, I got a chrome error! I'm thinking that may be because I need to clean the old version of Java out of my programs...but I don't use Chrome, so killed it. lol
To get to the plugins on Chrome type in the address bar: chrome:plugins (and then you disable whichever ones you want or visa versa.) I keep a notepad at my desk and write the date and what I did on that day, so later on I can refer to it (because I will NEVER remember on my own what the heck I did.)
Wanted to pass this info along.
Have a great week all~Donna