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    Help Flash Player 9 and Vista!!!!!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by njt001, Apr 7, 2007.

  1. njt001

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    The title pretty much says it. I am running windows vista on my Toshiba A135 s4467 and I go to websites such as usaf.com and youtube.com and they each tell me I need to install the newest player. When i install it eachtime, I go back to the websites and still cant access them. What can I do to make this work? Any sugestions will be awesome!
     
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  2. Robert in Sadorus

    Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist

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    Heres what you have to do.
    1 go to Adobe site and download the uninstaller for flash player.
    2 Run the uninstaller for flash player
    3 Re-boot
    4 Go to Adobe's site and download the flash player.

    Thats exactly what i had to do and it works fine now. I am running Vista as well.
     
    Robert in Sadorus, Apr 7, 2007
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Turn off UAC and try it...I had the same problem until I did that. After it installs, then you can turn UAC back on.
     
    Greg, Apr 7, 2007
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    I did exactly what Robert did and now it's working fine.
     
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    What is UAC?
     
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    Greg, Apr 7, 2007
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  7. Robert in Sadorus

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    Turning off UAC might work, I never thought of that, I like doing things the hard way. LOL
    I left the UAC off ever since i installed Vista, It was getting annoying.
     
    Robert in Sadorus, Apr 7, 2007
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    The uninstaller/reboot/install works! Thanks!
     
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    Glad it worked out for you.
     
    Robert in Sadorus, Apr 8, 2007
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    Flash Player 9 is a double edged sword. Yes you will have access to Youtube but unfortunately, you can also look forward to more annoying flash-drived adds that talk and send all manner of buzzing objects across your screen - uninvited.

    Popup blockers and ad killers can mitigate some of this but not all.

    A secondary conseqence I have also seen is increased CPU usage when browsing - because of these flash adds everywhere.

    I cannot say that it was a hard desicion to skip the Flash 9 install when I recenlty got my new laptop!
     
    skagen, Apr 9, 2007
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