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Firefox and Youtube problems

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Jeri

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Jan 8, 2008, 6:18:03 AM1/8/08
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Hi. I've mostly made the switch from IE to Firefox and so far like it
much better, but I'm having a little problem. When I watched videos on
IE I could sit and watch as many as I wanted to without problem. Now,
with Firefox, I may be able to watch 1 or I may be able to watch 4,
but that 2nd or 5th video will not load and play. I just tried it
again and I was able to watch 2 videos, but the 3rd video is stuck on
"Loading" in the tab and "Waiting for youtube" down on the status bar.
And at this point I can't just go back to youtube's front page, but
have to close that tab and start again. Has anyone else experienced
this? Thanks.

Dan

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Jan 8, 2008, 8:03:27 PM1/8/08
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does ie still show the videos fine? if so, try creating a new profile
in ff and test there.

Jeri

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Jan 9, 2008, 3:24:13 PM1/9/08
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Hi Dan. Thanks for answering. I'm so new to Firefox that I don't know
what "creatng a new profile" means. Does it involve Greasemonkey?
'Cause I have that installed on the browser.

Leonidas Jones

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Jan 9, 2008, 4:48:58 PM1/9/08
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No, it has nothing to do with Greasemonkey. You need to open Profile
Manager:

To open Firefox's Profile Manager, click Start>>>Run, type firefox.exe
-p in the field, and click OK. Note the space after exe, it is important.

Once its open, follow the directions to create a new profile.

Before doing that, you might try opening Firefox in Safe Mode, to see if
you have an extension causing the display problem.

Lee

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