Solved IE 11 Problem (Shockwave Flash)

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IE11 crashes each time I visit a news site that has the video stories that automatically run after the page loads.
In other words, those small news vids that run automatically on the side of the page as you are reading the main article. Newspaper sites are the main culprit.

When I disable the Shockwave Flash, there is no problem. Any solution is appreciated.
 

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Have you tried another version of Flash? Try Disabling Enhanced Protection Mode in IE Settings.
 

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Thanks for the reply.

Not aware that another version of Flash is available in 8.1 or you can change versions ? I do have the latest update.

Enhanced Protection Mode is disabled by default (not using the Metro version of IE). I may try enabling just to test.
 

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Thanks again ! This also has been a continuing problem thru the past versions of Flash, but I may try an older one.

I did enable Enhanced Protection Mode but same issue. Actually, the problem only occurs on two sites, both newspaper sites (statesman.com, mysa.com). It may be an incompatibility problem with the site itself for Win8 ? I suppose I can just continue to disable Flash for those sites.
 

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No, it is not a problem wit W8. I just tested IE11 (both sites) on my system and no crashes.
 

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    Silverstone Kublai KL04
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    Artic Cooling Freezer Pro
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    Razer Mamba Elite 2012
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    10/0.75
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    FF 39.0.3, Microsoft Edge, Chrome 44
    Antivirus
    Avast 10.0
No, it is not a problem wit W8. I just tested IE11 (both sites) on my system and no crashes.


If you did not before and have time, please stay on the site (mysa.com) for 5+ minutes. Mine does not crash right away, normally about 5+ minutes and going from section to section.
 

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Mine does not crash, but the videos are slow and freezing while playing. I'd say it's the sites.
 

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    Silverstone Kublai KL04
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    Artic Cooling Freezer Pro
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Certainly appreciate your time and help ! (must spread rep)
 

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1. In IE11 go to Tools > Delete Browsing History. Tick the first 4 boxes > Delete.

2. Then Control Panel > Flash Player > Storage Tab > Delete All.... > Tick the first box > Delete Data.

3. On one of the offending videos, or any Web page Flash video Right click > Select "Global Settings..."
On the Settings Manager section > Peer-assisted Networking panel > Tick the box for "Disable P2P uplink for all". On Website Storage Settings Panel > Delete all sites. You may need to look at the other Tabs and do stuff there.

This has applied to all previous versions of Flash, they only changed the dialogue boxes/tabs over the years.
The idea of these three things is to rid yourself of old stored Flash components/temp stuff that maybe hanging around.

It may not be the solution, but hey ho, at least an attempt has been made....
 

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Thanks for the reply ! Will try.

I have discovered that if I use IE in Metro mode, the problem does not occur. However, I prefer to use the desktop mode of IE.
 

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A search revealed this article. Listing the sites under Compatability Mode seems to solve the problem.


Q: Can I run Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8.1?
A: There's no way to directly run Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 both come with Internet Explorer 11. If you're having problems with a site, try enabling the compatibility mode for the site. This forces a previous version of the Internet Explorer rendering engine to be used, which typically cures most problems. To access the compatibility mode, select Compatibility View settings from the Tools menu.
If you really need an older version of Internet Explorer, there are several possible options:

  • Publish Internet Explorer from an earlier version of Windows Server, using application publishing over RDP. For example, Windows Server 2012 has Internet Explorer 10. The end user sees an IE icon that if clicked launches Internet Explorer 10. Although Internet Explorer 10 interacts locally with other windows, the Internet Explorer 10 browser is actually running on a remote server. The down side is that Remote Desktop Services and server infrastructure licensing are required. This is most commonly seen to run older version of web browsers—for example, running Windows Server 2003 to get Internet Explorer 6!
  • Use Hyper-V on your local machine; run a virtual machine with an older operating system and use that browser.
  • Downgrade to Windows 8, althought this might not be possible in some instances—for example, Surface 2 can only run Windows RT 8.1.
Technologies such as App-V that virtualize an application aren't good solutions, because Internet Explorer is part of the operating system. Virtualizing part of the operating system isn't supported and is very difficult to accomplish.


IE 10 on Windows 8 | Windows Client content from Windows IT Pro
 

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Listing the sites under Compatiability Review also does not work.
 

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