Let's try one more thing. Try this on a new user account and only on Chrome without any add ons.
Bob
There are many threads on this (mostly years old and closed) but I am still experiencing the same issue. It is browser-agnostic, happens in Firefox and Chrome. Video plays for 7-10 seconds, then stops. I have to manually stop and restart the playback. Happens on YouTube and others. Have uninstalled/reinstalled Flash, to no avail. Running FF 32.0.2 on Win 7 32-bit. Any ideas? Thanks.

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