Problem with Adobe Flash Player - can't get help anywhere else.

[LordCutlerBeckett]

Okay I have asked everywhere and got nothing, so I thought just maybe one of you have had this problem before and fixed it somehow so here I am.

Since four weeks ago, all Flash video players, gif images, and the little circle loading thing on tabs on ALL of my browsers have been playing incredibly fast. Along with the playing fast, all Flash videos have no audio at all. I can't watch any videos at all and my CPU usage is blasting through the roof because my browser is making stuff too fast.

What I tried:
updating flash
turning off hardware acceleration for flash
completely deleting and reinstalling flash
everything on the flash player troubleshoot page on Adobe
updating Google Chrome (since it's integrated on Chrome)

All of these did nothing. Again, I have looked at a bunch of topics from many websites to no avail, and I was wondering if anyone here may have had this problem prior and fixed it somehow. Thanks in advance.

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[Sheath]

Are you a Mac user?

I Googled some stuff. See if any of this suits you:
http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/youtube/archive/VeRXzbcEhfA

A Linux user reports a similar issue; I dunno how helpful this will be but it might point to the right direction:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1445073

[LordCutlerBeckett]

pffftftft i forgot that

Windows XP SP3.

Also: all audio drivers are updated, so that isn't the problem sound wise.

[Sheath]

Do you know if this issue is exclusive to Google Chrome? Have you tried an alternate browser?

[LordCutlerBeckett]

Stated in the OP that on ALL browsers I have this problem. Firefox, Chrome, IE, all of that.

I narrowed it down to a flash problem, but reinstalling it didn't work, which says otherwise. :l

[LordCutlerBeckett]

Alright, I removed an HD Audio Codec from Device Manager, but that didn't work. I saw this topic about the Windows clock affecting the speed of stuff, but I synchronized the clock to no avail. :c