[Firefox 3.0.10] slow to load Google services and Youtube

[Chris Henderson]

I'm running 3.0.10 on Vista and it's painful to open Gmail, Google
Reader & Youtube. They all open fine with Internet Explorer 7. I don't
have any extensions installed. My Shockwave flash plugin is 10.0 r22.
With Google, I often get the "Still working...." message; with
Youtube, I have to do CTRl-L and hit <enter> 2-3 times before the
video starts playing. I once did setup multiple profiles but that
didn't make things any better.

Thanks for any help/ tips/ suggestions.

[Chris Henderson]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:15 AM, squaredancer <square...@t-online.de> wrote:
> On 13.05.2009 12:09, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Chris Henderson to
> generate the following:? :

> try moving the Flash plugin into the FF Plugins folder...

Sorry, how do I do that? I been to about:plugins and in the Shockwave
Flash section, the file name is "NPSWF32.dll" but search cannot find
this file anywhere in the system.

[Chris Henderson]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:41 AM, squaredancer <square...@t-online.de> wrote:
> On 13.05.2009 13:14, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Chris Henderson to

> generate the following:? :
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:15 AM, squaredancer <square...@t-online.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 13.05.2009 12:09, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Chris Henderson
>>> to
>>> generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm running 3.0.10 on Vista and it's painful to open Gmail, Google
>>>> Reader & Youtube. They all open fine with Internet Explorer 7. I don't
>>>> have any extensions installed. My Shockwave flash plugin is 10.0 r22.
>>>> With Google, I often get the "Still working...." message; with
>>>> Youtube, I have to do CTRl-L and hit <enter> 2-3 times before the
>>>> video starts playing. I once did setup multiple profiles but that
>>>> didn't make things any better.
>>>>
>>>
>>> try moving the Flash plugin into the FF Plugins folder...
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, how do I do that? I been to about:plugins and in the Shockwave
>> Flash section, the file name is "NPSWF32.dll" but search cannot find
>> this file anywhere in the system.
>>
>

> firstly, look in your FF installation location (mine is a custom install, so
> I can't compare)
> Under the main installation directory, there is a sub-folder named  plugins
>  - that is where the file  NPSWF32.dll should be copied to. See if it is
> there ??
>
> next: to find  NPSWF32.dll  you will possibly have to search for "hidden
> folders" - there is an option to do that in the Win search feature.  Here is
> where I have that plugin secreted away:
> C:\Windows\System32\MacromedFlash  (version 10.*)
> C:\Programs\Adobe\Adobe Help Center\Browser\plugins  (vers. 7.*)
> [path to] Firefox (as mentioned above)   (vers. 10.*)
>
> Once you have found both the file  NPSWF32.dll  and the Firefox installation
> location, simply COPY and PASTE (or drag'n'Drop) the file into the FF
> plugins folder. MAKE SURE you copy the file version 10.0 r22. (RIGHT click
> the filename, select Properties, open the [Version] tab)

Thanks for the detailed explanation. The above solved my problem.