Index: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php	(revision 18904)
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php	(working copy)
@@ -1239,8 +1239,7 @@
 	}
 
 	function flush_output() {
-		wp_ob_end_flush_all();
-		flush();
+		wp_ob_end_flush_all(true);
 	}
 }
 
Index: wp-includes/functions.php
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--- wp-includes/functions.php	(revision 18904)
+++ wp-includes/functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -3275,13 +3275,75 @@
  * Flush all output buffers for PHP 5.2.
  *
  * Make sure all output buffers are flushed before our singletons our destroyed.
- *
+ * Only use $disable_compression for pages that need to be updated continuously, like updating the core,
+ * or installing plugins, etc.
+ * 
+ * Turn off compression - make sure to flush the buffer BEFORE
+ * turning off compression, see comment from Sam Yong
+ * @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.ob-end-clean.php
+ * 
+ * Turn off mod_deflate
+ * @link http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/env.html#no-gzip
+ * 
+ * ob_gzhandler will manage its own headers.  If you call ob_start('ob_gzhandler') and ob_end_clean()
+ * immediately afterwards, it will still send a Content-Encoding: gzip header, but the page will not
+ * be compressed, this usually leads to an encoding error in the browser
+ * @link http://us.php.net/ob_gzhandler
+ * 
+ * For a more detailed explanation of this function, see
+ * @link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18525
+ * 
+ * @param bool $disable_compression Turn off zlib / gzip compression, attempt to defeat chunking.
+ * @return void
  * @since 2.2.0
  */
-function wp_ob_end_flush_all() {
+function wp_ob_end_flush_all($disable_compression = false) {
+
+	// Send this string to fill up any buffers that php / apache / browser might have
+	$buffer_string = '<!--' . str_repeat(chr(0), 4089) . '-->'; // 4096 bytes
+	
+    // If the script is called through CLI for any reason, bail
+    if ( 'cli' == php_sapi_name() )
+        return;
+
+	// ob_gzhandler manages http headers.  When undoing it with
+	// ob_end_flush, the result is "Warning - headers already sent ..."
+	// just bail
+	if (in_array('ob_gzhandler', ob_list_handlers())) {
+		ob_flush();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Tell apache to send an uncompressed non-chunked response
+	if ( $disable_compression && !headers_sent() && function_exists('apache_setenv') ) {
+		apache_setenv( 'no-gzip', '1' );
+	}
+
+	// Turn off any default output handlers
+	ini_set('output_handler', '');
+	ini_set('output_buffering', false);
+	ini_set('implicit_flush', true);
+
+    // Clean the output buffer
 	$levels = ob_get_level();
-	for ($i=0; $i<$levels; $i++)
-		ob_end_flush();
+	for ($i=0; $i<$levels; $i++) {
+		@ob_end_flush();
+	}
+
+	// Turn off the zlib compression handler
+	if ( $disable_compression ) {
+		if ( !headers_sent() && ini_get('zlib.output_handler') ) {
+			ini_set('zlib.output_handler', '');
+			ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 0);
+		}
+
+		// Pad the output by a 4K block to ensure that the server / browser 
+		// considers the output sufficient
+		if (headers_sent()) {
+			echo $buffer_string;
+			flush();
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
Index: wp-admin/includes/misc.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(revision 18904)
+++ wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(working copy)
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@
 			$message = $message->get_error_message();
 	}
 	echo "<p>$message</p>\n";
-	wp_ob_end_flush_all();
-	flush();
+	wp_ob_end_flush_all(true);
 }
 
 function wp_doc_link_parse( $content ) {