Comments on: Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/ Just an average guy trying to drink above average beer. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erin Holmes http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Erin Holmes Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:55:59 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2435 I am having the same problem with my Vista/Flash/IE. I am going to try some of the suggestions here and I will let you know which one worked for me. Would I be having these problems if I used Firefox or another browser? I wasn't having problems until yesterday, so I'm not sure what happened... it's like something went haywire with my computer and now I can't see anything on Youtube or listen to music on Myspace. And I have the most up to date Flash player and I have enabled active scripting. I am having the same problem with my Vista/Flash/IE. I am going to try some of the suggestions here and I will let you know which one worked for me. Would I be having these problems if I used Firefox or another browser? I wasn’t having problems until yesterday, so I’m not sure what happened… it’s like something went haywire with my computer and now I can’t see anything on Youtube or listen to music on Myspace. And I have the most up to date Flash player and I have enabled active scripting.

]]> By: Paul Davis http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Paul Davis Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:05:51 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2434 I just got EI 7 and Flash Player to work. I had to go to Microsofts web site and download the latest and greatest ActiveX control. This took about five minutes with a high-speed conection. The problem I had was this: Every time I tried to download Flash Player 9 I got an error message saying that security settings would not allow the download because the site MAY contain harmful code, or some such nonesense. A big problem for me was the fact that Windows would not tell me how to get around this problem, nor did it ask for premission to conduct the download anyway. What was Microsoft thinking when they put so many security blocks into VISTA? At least give me control over my own system! I just got EI 7 and Flash Player to work. I had to go to Microsofts web site and download the latest and greatest ActiveX control. This took about five minutes with a high-speed conection.

The problem I had was this: Every time I tried to download Flash Player 9 I got an error message saying that security settings would not allow the download because the site MAY contain harmful code, or some such nonesense. A big problem for me was the fact that Windows would not tell me how to get around this problem, nor did it ask for premission to conduct the download anyway.

What was Microsoft thinking when they put so many security blocks into VISTA? At least give me control over my own system!

]]> By: Melissa Penk http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Melissa Penk Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:30:51 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2433 I'm ridiculously confused-- I use Safari on my Vista computer, but it won't even let me install Flash. It's telling me I need the right system priveliges, and I should use an administrator account, but my account is the <b>only one</b> on the computer, so of course it's the administrator. Anyone that can help? I’m ridiculously confused– I use Safari on my Vista computer, but it won’t even let me install Flash. It’s telling me I need the right system priveliges, and I should use an administrator account, but my account is the only one on the computer, so of course it’s the administrator. Anyone that can help?

]]> By: GMS http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 GMS Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:39:11 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2432 I´m also having problems with Vista and the Adobe Flash player. I have installed Flash, but Vista always telling me that I need to download the newest version. I don´t know what to do, i will try to install Vista new... I´m also having problems with Vista and the Adobe Flash player. I have installed Flash, but Vista always telling me that I need to download the newest version. I don´t know what to do, i will try to install Vista new…

]]> By: Ronald Harper http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2431 Ronald Harper Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:10:30 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2431 Greetings ~ Here's the deal with Flash Player and Vista. The new version they have posted works (as of August). However, a regular install won't activate the control. This blog has the answers. Simply run the uninstall utility from adobe (if you already have it installed and it isn't working.) Then, run the install again. When it prompts you to restart the browser after the application is done installing, stop the IE service in the services manager and then reboot your computer - you shouldn't select yes or no to the request to close the browser - just reboot. Then Flash will work. I spent days working on this, but I'm sure it will work now. Ronnie Greetings ~

Here’s the deal with Flash Player and Vista. The new version they have posted works (as of August). However, a regular install won’t activate the control. This blog has the answers. Simply run the uninstall utility from adobe (if you already have it installed and it isn’t working.) Then, run the install again. When it prompts you to restart the browser after the application is done installing, stop the IE service in the services manager and then reboot your computer – you shouldn’t select yes or no to the request to close the browser – just reboot. Then Flash will work. I spent days working on this, but I’m sure it will work now.

Ronnie

]]> By: NUMEN http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2430 NUMEN Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:11:53 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2430 Hey Ryan sorry to get off of the "call Microsoft on all their intentional bugs" but I did have a question about your blog, when are you going to upgrade to some sort of RIA for your site? Something that you can give us to brag about and ms & silverlight users to complain about =0P Hey Ryan sorry to get off of the “call Microsoft on all their intentional bugs” but I did have a question about your blog, when are you going to upgrade to some sort of RIA for your site? Something that you can give us to brag about and ms & silverlight users to complain about =0P

]]> By: corrysue/flash http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 corrysue/flash Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:16:25 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2429 I am also, having problems when Vista and flash player. It is telling me that I need to download the newest version. When I do this it is telling me that Vista does not support this. This is not right to the people who when out and got Vista Windows and did not know what they were getting themselves into. Help us. I am also, having problems when Vista and flash player. It is telling me that I need to download the newest version. When I do this it is telling me that Vista does not support this. This is not right to the people who when out and got Vista Windows and did not know what they were getting themselves into. Help us.

]]> By: John Dowdell http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2428 John Dowdell Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:15:40 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2428 <em>"The problems people are having now are simply because the plug-ins simply try to do things that are no-nos."</em> Like getting installed...? Macromedia/Adobe have been pretty quick in accommodating MS OS changes, whether from signed-binary deliverables, the click-to-activate issue, even up to the point of updating *old* Players with new security fixes (Macromedia Flash Player 5 was rev'd in '06 expressly for Microsoft). To see how quickly Flash Player changed in response to the shifts during Vista development, try Emmy Huang's notes: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mtadmin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=33&search=vista No 64-bit memory addressing is available yet, regardless of operating system brand... links here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2007/01/64-bit_developm.cfm <em>"The biggest hole was ActiveX controls."</em> That's what I told 'em ten years ago, when they reinvented Netscape Plugins and the EMBED tag, but did they listen? Nooo-oo.... ;-) Bottom line: Consumers who go MS-brand seem to be having more difficulties using other technologies now. From the outside, it's hard for any of us to be sure of the intention behind these changes. jd/adobe “The problems people are having now are simply because the plug-ins simply try to do things that are no-nos.”

Like getting installed…?

Macromedia/Adobe have been pretty quick in accommodating MS OS changes, whether from signed-binary deliverables, the click-to-activate issue, even up to the point of updating *old* Players with new security fixes (Macromedia Flash Player 5 was rev’d in ’06 expressly for Microsoft).

To see how quickly Flash Player changed in response to the shifts during Vista development, try Emmy Huang’s notes:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mtadmin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=33&search=vista

No 64-bit memory addressing is available yet, regardless of operating system brand… links here:
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2007/01/64-bit_developm.cfm

“The biggest hole was ActiveX controls.”

That’s what I told ‘em ten years ago, when they reinvented Netscape Plugins and the EMBED tag, but did they listen? Nooo-oo…. ;-)

Bottom line: Consumers who go MS-brand seem to be having more difficulties using other technologies now. From the outside, it’s hard for any of us to be sure of the intention behind these changes.

jd/adobe

]]> By: Error Forum Blog » Blog Archive » Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2427 Error Forum Blog » Blog Archive » Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:31:53 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2427 [...] I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy at all, and as I said, all of my issues have been minor, so I don’t remember specifics at all. I do wonder if other people have run into issues with Flash and Vista though. The tech elite seem to all have switched to Mac, so Vista issues rarely come up. Source:http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743 [...] [...] I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy at all, and as I said, all of my issues have been minor, so I don’t remember specifics at all. I do wonder if other people have run into issues with Flash and Vista though. The tech elite seem to all have switched to Mac, so Vista issues rarely come up. Source:http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743 [...]

]]> By: Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? - Error http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/03/flash-and-vista-not-playing-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-2426 Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? - Error Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:31:34 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=743#comment-2426 [...] Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? While populating the link blog, I found this forum post regarding some problems with Windows Vista and Flash Player 9. They mention that with the Administrator account, they can’t view Flash sites without turning User Control off (that sweet Vista feature that makes you confirm everything you do). I’ve been using Vista for a while and I’ve also noticed some odd issues with Flash and the operating system. Most of the problems tend to be on IE7, which isn’t the browser I primarily use, so I don’t run into them often. Most of the time they seem to be just annoying little things, but when they’ve happened, they’ve struck me as things that normal users would be thrown by. I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy at all, and as I said, all of my issues have been minor, so I don’t remember specifics at all. I do wonder if other people have run into issues with Flash and Vista though. The tech elite seem to all have switched to Mac, so Vista issues rarely come up. Source:Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer » Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? [...] [...] Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? While populating the link blog, I found this forum post regarding some problems with Windows Vista and Flash Player 9. They mention that with the Administrator account, they can’t view Flash sites without turning User Control off (that sweet Vista feature that makes you confirm everything you do). I’ve been using Vista for a while and I’ve also noticed some odd issues with Flash and the operating system. Most of the problems tend to be on IE7, which isn’t the browser I primarily use, so I don’t run into them often. Most of the time they seem to be just annoying little things, but when they’ve happened, they’ve struck me as things that normal users would be thrown by. I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy at all, and as I said, all of my issues have been minor, so I don’t remember specifics at all. I do wonder if other people have run into issues with Flash and Vista though. The tech elite seem to all have switched to Mac, so Vista issues rarely come up. Source:Ryan Stewart – Rich Internet Application Mountaineer » Flash Player and Vista not Playing Nice? [...]

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