Q&A: does anyone know how to fix when computer stops when watching a you tube video? it stops to much.?

04. Jan, 2011 1 Comment

Question by theresaluvspatriot4ever: does anyone know how to fix when computer stops when watching a you tube video? it stops to much.?
ok every time I am watching a video on you tube it stops and takes a few to start up again. gosh does it drive me up a wall.

Best answer:

Answer by WilmaF
I’ve heard that this happens to a lot of people and it has gotten worse lately. What I do is hit the play button to pause the video and wait for a minute or so. Then hit the play button again.
I know it’s not the quickest solution but it works.

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One Response to “Q&A: does anyone know how to fix when computer stops when watching a you tube video? it stops to much.?”

  1. inukjuak90 04. Jan, 2011 at 5:49 am

    The cause of your problem is simple: Your “cache”
    and “temporary internet files” are full.

    If you are experiencing either: A) slugglish loading
    or buffering, B) that “spinning circle” looking like it
    will keep on “spinning” forever, C) “choppy” videos
    that start/stop/start/stop frequently, or D) vids that
    sometimes come to a complete stop; your “cache”
    and/or memory is full and thus can’t take anymore.

    Exit out of YouTube (but not your browser) and do
    one of the steps below. Afterwards, shutdown and
    reboot. Not only will this “free up” your computer’s
    memory, everything will be “fresh”, and load faster:

    Internet Explorer 6:
    → Tools → Internet Options
    → Delete Cookies → OK
    → Delete Files → OK
    → Clear History → Yes
    → OK

    Internet Explorer 7:
    → Tools → Internet Options → Delete…
    → Delete files → Yes
    → Delete cookies → OK
    → Delete history → OK
    → Close (browsing history window)
    → OK

    Internet Explorer 8:
    → Tools → Delete Browsing History
    [. ] Preserve Favorites (leave blank)
    [x] Temporary Internet files
    [x] Cookies
    [x] History
    → Delete

    Mozilla Firefox 3:
    → Tools → Clear Private Data
    [x] Browsing History
    [x] Download History
    [x] Saved Form and Search History
    [x] Cache
    [x] Cookies
    → Clear Private Data Now

    Mozilla Firefox 3.5:
    → Tools → Clear Recent History
    Time range to clear: → Everything
    ▼ Details
    [x] Browsing & Download History
    [x] Saved Form and Search History
    [x] Cookies
    [x] Cache
    → Clear Now

    Apple Safari 3:
    → Edit → Preferences
    → Security (tab) → Show Cookies
    → Remove All → Done
    after that:
    → Safari → Empty Cache → Empty
    after that:
    → History → Clear History

    Google Chrome:
    → Tools (wrench) → Clear browsing data…
    [x] Clear browsing history
    [x] Clear download history
    [x] Empty the cache
    [x] Delete cookies
    Clear data from this period: → Everything
    → Clear Browsing Data

    DON’T FORGET TO SHUT DOWN AND REBOOT
    AFTER DOING ONE OF THE ABOVE.

    If you have other applications which are running at
    the same time (such as “Torrents”), they will slow
    down YouTube also, so you may want to consider
    uninstalling them altogether.