# Google Chrome on Windows 8

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-on-windows-8/752276>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-on-windows-8/752276 "2016-04-15T15:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-on-windows-8/752276/1 "2016-04-15T15:48:50Z")

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At work recently, my computer was upgraded to include a faster processor, more memory, and a larger hard drive. Oh, and Windows 8.

Earlier, I had switched from IE to Chrome, because IE would not play videos. Now, however, with Chrome, I keep getting the message “Shockwave Flash has crashed.” Sometimes I get the message that Shockwave has encountered a problem and needs to shut down, immediately followed by the crash message.

Is this an issue with Chrome and Windows 8? I didn’t get this message when I was on Windows 7 at work, and I don’t get it at home on my Windows 10 laptop.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-on-windows-8/752276/2 "2016-04-15T17:07:33Z")

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It’s not unique to Windows 8, I’m using Chrome on Windows 7 and it’s been happening very frequently the last few days.

I suspect some new ad has gotten into the Google Ads (or the like) rotation which is causing the Flash player to crash.