had that happening all the time, got rid of 112 friends and it almost never happens, the only time it does is when I don't let my cpu settle for a sec.the friends are a direct cause of glitches and freezes. When ya wanna play with friends just hook up on one of the messenger services, and connect from there, another trick to getting rid of those nasty hiccups is to go here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html#117717 and delete ALL website storage Nothing fixed the problems until I did as I am suggesting to you and I was ready to quit forever.