Start Firefox in Safe Mode to Troubleshoot the issue and to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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Check for flash update.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

iamjayakumars said

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to Troubleshoot the issue and to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Check for flash update.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

while for some reason my flash was out of date the problem persists

Remove the flash from Windows and reinstall it. Download the flash from

• www.adobe.com

You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:

• check for updates for your graphics drive drivers
  https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration
• disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)
• disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

You can toggle this pref to true on the about:config page to disable protected mode in the Shockwave Flash plugin:

• dom.ipc.plugins.flash.disable-protected-mode = true

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash#Troubleshooting

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Fixed it i created a new windows user profile and tested flash there to find that the problem did not persist so yada yada yada if you go to C:\Users\username\AppData there will be 3 folders go into each one a delete the ones called adobe and that will hopefully fix your problem