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Browsers: Macromedia Flash doesn't work after multiple reloads.
Web sites where I can't get flash to work on my browser
by fermier - 11/4/06 6:18 AM In reply to: Can you give us by PudgyOneHere are just two of the web sites where I can't get the flash programs to work.
(I first listed these sites in my October 21st posting.)
Here are links to the two web sites that I frequent and that have stopped working for me.
First stop, the BBC News weekly quiz of the weeks news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6069228.stm
The quiz is also called 7 days 7 questions.
The second stop is at CNET! I can not view ANY of the videos that they have on their web site. Like this one, for instance.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Samsung_LN_S3251D/4505-6482_7-31787622.html
Thanks for taking the time to help me.
Rex posting.)
Ok in my IE7...
by Owyn - 11/5/06 4:42 AM In reply to: Web sites where I can't get flash to work on my browser by fermierJust tested. Both links worked.
Only problem is that apparently I do not read enough pop culture and UK news, I failed the news quiz miserably.
The quiz is also called 7 days 7 questions
by PudgyOne - 11/5/06 6:12 AM In reply to: Web sites where I can't get flash to work on my browser by fermieruses JavaScript and Flash player. It worked for me using Internet Explorer 7
It also worked for me using Mozilla Firefox. I have the extention NoScript so I had to allow scripting for this to work.
The CNET Video worked for me also. I had no trouble with any of them. Using Mozilla Firefox, allow cnet.con and allow i.com.com
I would still look at the JavaScript part of it.
Go to Internet options
my security is on medium-high
privacy is on medium.
Also, I have a program called Spyware Blaster. I have it set to disable and block Macromedia Player(now Adobe Flash Player) in Internet Explorer. I had to unblock it to get it to work.
Maybe you are using something that blocks the flash player and/or is not allowing JavaScript.
Are you using Norton or some other type of security?
Maybe even a firewall setting.
Rick
How I finally fixed my problem with flash.
by fermier - 4/8/07 12:01 PM In reply to: Web sites where I can't get flash to work on my browser by fermierIt has been a while since I first reported my problems with flash. I decided to live without it but fate stepped in and fixed the problem. What I did was download and install Quicktime. I had removed the Quicktime program some time ago since I rarely used it and I needed the space on my hard drive. Receintly, I needed it to view a video file and so I went to Apple.com and downloaded the program with all of it's updates. I was abale to view the video file, but about a week later I was on the BBC web site and BINGO, the flash animation that had been giving so much grief was working again!
I do not know what the link is between Flash and Quicktime, but now that I have Quicktime, Flash works EVERYWHERE!
So, give this a try.
I hope it works for you!.
flash and IE7
by panama43 - 12/22/06 9:32 AM In reply to: Can you give us by PudgyOneFlash does not work with IE7, but does work with Firefox 2.0. The website where flash doesn't work is:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
The list of cities does not come up
Same issue here as well
by aspire2excel - 5/18/07 9:32 AM In reply to: Thank You! by fermierI have tried every fix suggested by Adobe and by this forum, but I am still get the message that says I need to install flash when I go to websites such as disney.com or comedycentral.com.
The adobe website says that flash is installed. version 9.0.45.0 I'm using IE7 and XP SP2.
We are having difficulty with any file with a .swf or .asp
by jaknig3 - 11/5/06 5:05 AM In reply to: Macromedia Flash doesn't work after multiple reloads. by fermierI followed PudgyOne's ideas below, changing security and cookie settings. No help.
I can't tell you how many times I have tried to download the most current version of Flash Player.
The Hersheypark link netted a bunch of boxes on the page with the dreaded red x. Nothing worked. Same with Disney.
My wife wants me to solve this problem, because most of her e-mail links do not work.
Can anyone out there give us some HOPE?
jaknig3
I would still look at the JavaScript part of it
by PudgyOne - 11/5/06 6:23 AM In reply to: We are having difficulty with any file with a .swf or .asp by jaknig3I would still look at the JavaScript part of it.
Go to Internet options
my security is on medium-high
privacy is on medium.
Also, I have a program called Spyware Blaster. I have it set to disable and block Macromedia Player(now Adobe Flash Player) in Internet Explorer. I had to unblock it to get it to work.
Maybe you are using something that blocks the flash player and/or is not allowing JavaScript.
Are you using Norton or some other type of security?
Maybe even a firewall setting.
I use Mozilla Firefox for all my Internet Browsing. You can customize it to look the way you want it and it has extentions so you can make it do what you want it to, even give you the weather.
It can be downloaded at
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Then go here and get the plug-ins
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/plugins/
Make it look pretty
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes/
make it do what you want it to
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/
This isn't the solution to the problem that you are having but, in my honest opinion, this browser is safer to use than Internet Explorer is.
Rick
Shockwave Installation
by jcbowen - 12/17/06 1:59 AM In reply to: I would still look at the JavaScript part of it by PudgyOneSorry if this has already been mentioned, but is it possible your Shockwave installation is not complete? After installing the .exe file, a Shockwave web page will automatically be opened and will display a form asking for your age and allowing registration. You must complete this form in order for your installation to complete and be functional. If you just close the page without completing the form, as I did the first time, Shockwave will not work. Solution: unintstall shockwave and then reinstall and complete the form.
- Jim Bowen
You may need to download flashplayer9 debugger
by indigoaven - 12/19/06 11:11 PM In reply to: Macromedia Flash doesn't work after multiple reloads. by fermierGo to Adobe's support or type in the search bar flash debugger. They have a download for Window's XP. I did this and now when a website say's to download flash, instead of uninstalling etc. I use the debugger 9 exe. from my download manager. Just reinstall the debugger and flashplayer 9 works. You will have to do this until their is a fix. I use it for IE7 and it's been alot easier to fix.
Hope this helps, unless you solved your own problem.
techreader
I found a solution
by sirryan82 - 12/24/06 12:26 PM In reply to: You may need to download flashplayer9 debugger by indigoavenI was having this EXACT same problem. What I did to resolve my issue:
Go into Tools > Manage Add-Ons > Enable or Disable Add-Ons... > Show: Add-ons that run without requiring permission
Choose the Java Plug-in, disable it, then enable it
Choose the Shockwave Flash plug-in, disable it, then enable it
[-------------------------------------------------]
Install Adobe Shockwave
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/
[-------------------------------------------------]
Go into Tools > Internet Options > Security tab > Custom Level
Display video and animation on a webpage that does not use external media player
>> Enable
Java VM > Java permissions
>> Medium safety
Scripting > Active scripting
>> Enable (probably already enabled though)
[-------------------------------------------------]
Install Adobe Flash Player 9
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
[-------------------------------------------------]
Restart Internet Explorer 7
[-------------------------------------------------]
These exact steps worked for me and will hopefully work for you too!
Flash Player
by panama43 - 12/24/06 5:09 PM In reply to: I found a solution by sirryan82Thank you for giving me such detailed instructions. I tried everything you did, but it didn't work. However, I finally got it by doing the following:
I copied the flash player files from Firefox plugins (it works with Firefox), then pasted them into IE. Then I double clicked on the file named NPSWF32_FlashUtil. A screen came up for completing the installation. When I did this and rebooted, Flash worked on IE7.
Thank You panama43
by Huggybaby - 1/20/07 2:59 PM In reply to: Flash Player by panama43Thank you panama43!! I too have been struggling with this frustrating problem ever since I "upgraded" to IE7. I am no computer newbie either.
I've tried reinstalling, uninstalling, changing settings, ALL OF IT a million times.
Finally, copying NPSWF32_FlashUtil from the Firefox plugins folder to the IE7 plugins folder and running it fixed the problem.
Why doesn't Microsoft or Macromedia fix the problem? Why isn't the solution easier to find? Why does the problem exist in the first place? I don't know!
Thanks again, and Hallelujah for this brilliantly simple fix!
Flash player and IE7
by panama43 - 1/20/07 6:54 PM In reply to: Thank You panama43 by HuggybabyI'm glad that worked for you. If it suddenly quits working (this has happened about 3 times to me), just go back to the same file in the plug-in and double click it again. It will reinstall and work immediately without rebooting.
Opera and Shockwave don't mix either
by Huggybaby - 1/20/07 7:14 PM In reply to: Flash player and IE7 by panama43Very good, thanks.
BTW, I was unable to get shockwave to work in Opera, tried manually moving files, etc.
I found that only one of several fixes proposed at the Opera forums worked, and it involved adding registry entries to get the installer to recognize Opera as Netscape, and using (again) the full installer. Thank goodness the link to the registry entries download was still valid.
It's clear now that both the Shockwave and Flash installers barely work, which puts the onus squarely on Adobe, not the browser makers.
Anybody who has been to the Adobe site knows the confusion over there. Very frustrating for something that should be plug and play.
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