# Getting IE to work again **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 18, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603 "2010-08-18T05:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603/21 "2010-08-23T16:02:24Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I’m defining a “glitch” as a place where the video freezes for a second or so, but the sound continues normally. I am seeing these after allowing the video to completely load and viewed at the 360p setting. > . Yes. This is the glitch I was having on Firefox and not IE. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603/22 "2010-08-24T00:28:20Z")
That type of glitch is common with the new version of Flash. It seems the new optimizations don’t handle dropped frames nearly as well, and the system freezes up until it gets to another key frame. On my slow computer, it is worth it for the speed increase. (and I never have problems on YouTube, just some smaller sites) But, assuming you were not having any problems with Flash 10.0, I’d suggest the following: use the [Uninstaller](http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html) to remove Flash 10.1, and then install [Flash 10.0](http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php?old_flash_player=18). As far as I know, there is nothing new in 10.1–it’s just an optimized version of 10.0. I could have sworn I’d already given this advice. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603/23 "2010-08-26T03:12:45Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > > > Did you try a bit-sequence hierarchy _ **forward** _-fill? Sometimes that works better. > > You make it sound so simple. But the only instructions I can find to do it THAT way are in freakin’ Latin! > > Typical. Nobody ever said this computer shit was _ **easy** _… ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603/24 "2010-08-26T16:54:54Z")
\>there is nothing new in 10.1–it’s just an optimized version of 10.0. 10.1 is probably the most dramatic change in Flash regarding video that Adobe has produced. It enables hardware acceleration, which means that if your video card supports the feature and Adobe supports that specific videocard, the video get decoded on the dedicated hardware on the video card. That means no more pegging the CPU at 100% trying to decode the video. Flash video should be playing using much fewer resources. I would try to uninstall flash via add/remove programs or programs in Vista/7. I would install the newest version. If you still have issues I would then update my video driver. I’ve also read that on older computer machines Flash works better in IE because IE runs the plugin with a higher priority than Firefox does. If this is whats going on then you should just stick with IE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ie-to-work-again/550603.md?page=1)