444398 - When viewing Flash based website and using alt+tab Windows (OS) crashes

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard :: Flash (Adobe), defect)

Description

[Chirag]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.15) Gecko/20080623 Firefox/2.0.0.15
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

Hey Guys,

Not sure if this is a Winblows bug or a FF3 bug. Apparently when I see a flash enabled website on using alt+tab to switch windows (when the active window is FF3) Windows XP crashes. This happens only on my laptop Toshiba Tecra M5 as I have tried the same thing @ home on a desktop with no issues. 

Wanted to report the issue nonetheless

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to youtube.com
2.Start viewing a video
3.Use Alt+tab to switch to another window
Actual Results:  
Windows blue screen of death.

Comment 1

[timeless]

um, very simply, if your os dies, it isn't our fault. it isn't flash's fault either. most likely it's the fault of your video card driver.

there are howtos in bugzilla for debugging BSODs if you really want to find them from here, but officially this is the wrong bug tracker.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> invalid (os crash)

Comment 3

[timeless]

As this doesn't have anything to do w/ our Plug-in hosting code, I'm going to move this bug. Just as it isn't our fault, it isn't Adobe's fault either.

Comment 4

[BMO Automation]

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