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    Adobe Flash with Vista?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by polojag, Feb 10, 2007.

  1. polojag

    polojag Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I go to a website that requires Adobe Flash, it says I do not have Flash installed. I go to the Adobe site to install it, and it says I already have it installed. Any ideas? It's getting really annoying. Thanks for the help.
     
    polojag, Feb 10, 2007
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    andyasselin, Feb 10, 2007
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    Thanks. That took care of it.
     
    polojag, Feb 10, 2007
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    Your welcome glad it worked for ya
     
    andyasselin, Feb 11, 2007
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    For some reason it is doing the same thing again. I have not tried uninstalling and reinstalling it yet, though I assume that would fix it. Is there any kind of permanent fix for it?
     
    polojag, Feb 12, 2007
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    not sure it only happend to me once i think go new version of flash for vista soon
     
    andyasselin, Feb 19, 2007
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    This is still happening to me... Anyone else? I was hoping an update to Vista or IE7 would fix this, but so far no dice...

    Don
     
    dlwoodjr, Mar 1, 2007
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    Yeah I am still having the same problem...
     
    polojag, Mar 1, 2007
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    Here the fix for flash player:
    For Vista (32 bit):

    1. Open Computer.

    2. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\.

    3. Scroll down and open the Macromed directory.

    4. Open the Flash directory.

    5. Right-click FlashUtil9b.

    6. Select Run as Administrator.

    7. When the UAC prompt appears, select Continue.

    8. Follow the Flash Player installation wizard.


    For Vista (64 bit):

    1. Open Computer.

    2. Navigate to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\.

    3. Scroll down and open the Macromed directory.

    4. Open the Flash directory.

    5. Right-click FlashUtil9b.

    6. Select Run as Administrator.

    7. When the UAC prompt appears, select Continue.

    8. Follow the Flash Player installation wizard.
    Hope it will help.
    Briant
     
    lamtutu, Mar 3, 2007
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    does this work for dell too?
     
    vofoegbu, Oct 1, 2007
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    could this be he reason for not opening all my files both those saved as pdf and non pdf files?
     
    vofoegbu, Oct 1, 2007
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    i tried opening the system32 and it says i have to be online. does it mean every time i work with the vista system i have to go online?

    please just help me thanks.
     
    vofoegbu, Oct 1, 2007
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    It took me several tries of installing and uninstalling Flash to finally get it to work...but I did eventually get it to work. Such a pain, especially on a brand new laptop - but once it's setup it works like a charm.

    Originally posted by andyasselin
    I don't think it's a problem with IE7, as my desktop with XP and IE6 had the same thing happen to it (I only had to uninstall/reinstall twice on it, though). But who knows, maybe both IEx were having difficulties with the new Flash version released?
     
    NTXRockr, Oct 4, 2007
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    If you are using outbound filtering with the Vista firewall flash will either fail to install or install improperly. Use the flash removal utility, turn off outbound filtering and reinstall flash at the Adobe site. You can turn outbound filtering back on.
     
    leadweight, Oct 5, 2007
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