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| Thread ID: 62500 | 2005-10-09 23:38:00 | Macromedia Flash Player will not work with Firefox | symiggy (7597) | Press F1 |
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| 394763 | 2005-10-09 23:38:00 | Today when I went to a clicked a link in a page on "National Geographic" page I got a message in the page that I "Did not have the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player" there was a link to press to get the latest version. I clicked the link and was directed to the Macromedia Flash page and I proceeded to download and install the player. That is when the trouble started ...when I clicked the "Install Flash player.exe" icon on my desktop where the download was stored, I got the first dialogue box of the install asking for Language selection and after I pressed US English the second box appeared where the program data was extracting as indicated by a blue bar graph. Thereafter nothing. No further install progress no licence agreement etc. After this failed attempt to install Macromedia Flash I am not able to view ANY pages that require Macromedia Flash using Firefox. This includes pages that previously displayed normally using Firefox 1.0.7 If I view the exact same page with IE the pages display without fault so I know that I certainly have Macromedia on my computer. Although I'm not sure which version I have now. I have tried to restart my computer after uninstalling Firefox and then re-installing Firefox to no avail. I have tried to repeat the download and installation process also to no avail. Firefox simply refuses to recognise Macromedia Flash. I am running Win XP SP2. And Firefox 1.0.7 I have up to date anti virus (Avast!) which gives me a clean scan. I have run--- Counterspy, Microsoft Anti spyware, Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster all up to date and all with clean scans. I also use a NAT protected Router and Zone Alarm firewall For all these reasons I do not think I have any malware causing this but I am at my wits end. Without Macromedia Flash, Firefox is useless to me ...Please help! :confused: |
symiggy (7597) | ||
| 394764 | 2005-10-10 00:22:00 | A link to that page or other pages would be helpfull. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 394765 | 2005-10-10 01:19:00 | A link to that page or other pages would be helpfull. Rob: Perhaps I did not make myself clear. Firefox now refuses to display ANY page that uses Macromedia Flash. Pages that previously did display with my ?older version now are blank. The page that started the problem was here>>> 205.188.130.53 Thanks for your help. |
symiggy (7597) | ||
| 394766 | 2005-10-10 01:27:00 | Looking at that page from the link you supplied i see thats a Real Player plug in that you need to download. | lazydog (148) | ||
| 394767 | 2005-10-10 01:29:00 | There is no flash content on that page, just Real Media, which you need a plugin for. I tryed to install the pluggin but Nod32 killed it, not likeing the spyware that come along with Real Media. Things to check, do you have any extentions that may be blocking flash, e.g. Add Block, Flash block etc. Check in the Web features options, Load Images |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 394768 | 2005-10-10 01:46:00 | Looking at that page from the link you supplied i see thats a Real Player plug in that you need to download. Lazydog: I am not able to get the Real Player plug even if I wanted it since when I click that link the page that I get is blank since I cannot display Macromedia content! If you look at the link that I posted and go down the page to the box headed by "Learn more" and then click on "Video Highlights"....THAT is when I get this message that I do not have the latest version of Macromedia flash etc etc. :badpc: |
symiggy (7597) | ||
| 394769 | 2005-10-10 01:52:00 | There is no flash content on that page, just Real Media, which you need a plugin for. I tryed to install the pluggin but Nod32 killed it, not likeing the spyware that come along with Real Media. Things to check, do you have any extentions that may be blocking flash, e.g. Add Block, Flash block etc. Check in the Web features options, Load Images Rob99: I have not added anything or made any other changes since I was able to view Macromedia Flash pages with Firefox. I do have add block, but Macromedia flash used to work OK with it on my computer. Under web features "Load images is checked (as it always was) Its just infuriatingly frustrating. :badpc: :badpc: :badpc: |
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