Repeated Installations of Flash Player on Win 7
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From: CJB on 29 Apr 2010 12:52 Sorry - I can't find any Win 7 newsgroups. Please can someone advise as to the best for the following. Thank you - CJB. I have Win 7 (Starter) on a new Acer Aspire One 532. My main (and only) login id is for me which also has admin. privileges. However I do have to repeatedly install Flash Player 10 in order to view clips on YouTube, BBC and my own web site. Once installed - via the Adobe Download Manager - all clips play OK. If I close the lid and the netbook hibernates, and then when I open it up again, all is well. However if there is a Windows update, or if I do a restart / reboot, Flash Player gets uninstalled, or maybe Win 7 just forgets that it has been installed. Then I have to go through the whole download process to re-reinstall it until the next time. This is the only application that exhibits this behaviour. But I do use it a lot. All other apps. once installed seem to remain available for use without fail. So why is Flash Player such a problem, and what can I do to 'fix' its installation once and for all? Thank you - Chris Brady.
From: BillW50 on 29 Apr 2010 15:02 In news:47e26d2d-e770-4ef4-89b3-2b180f62f767(a)h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, CJB typed on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT): > Sorry - I can't find any Win 7 newsgroups. Please can someone advise > as to the best for the following. Thank you - CJB. > > I have Win 7 (Starter) on a new Acer Aspire One 532. My main (and > only) login id is for me which also has admin. privileges. > > However I do have to repeatedly install Flash Player 10 in order to > view clips on YouTube, BBC and my own web site. > > Once installed - via the Adobe Download Manager - all clips play OK. > If I close the lid and the netbook hibernates, and then when I open it > up again, all is well. > > However if there is a Windows update, or if I do a restart / reboot, > Flash Player gets uninstalled, or maybe Win 7 just forgets that it has > been installed. Then I have to go through the whole download process > to re-reinstall it until the next time. > > This is the only application that exhibits this behaviour. But I do > use it a lot. All other apps. once installed seem to remain available > for use without fail. > > So why is Flash Player such a problem, and what can I do to 'fix' its > installation once and for all? > > Thank you - Chris Brady. That is weird Chris. Does IE8 show it listed as an addon? Have you tried other browsers like Firefox? I don't know, IE8 might be protecting itself from allowing addons to stay installed? Another thing I would try is to install Flash v9 instead. http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
From: CJB on 29 Apr 2010 18:41 On Apr 29, 8:02 pm, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Innews:47e26d2d-e770-4ef4-89b3-2b180f62f767(a)h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, > CJB typed on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT): > > > > > > > Sorry - I can't find any Win 7 newsgroups. Please can someone advise > > as to the best for the following. Thank you - CJB. > > > I have Win 7 (Starter) on a new Acer Aspire One 532. My main (and > > only) login id is for me which also has admin. privileges. > > > However I do have to repeatedly install Flash Player 10 in order to > > view clips on YouTube, BBC and my own web site. > > > Once installed - via the Adobe Download Manager - all clips play OK. > > If I close the lid and the netbook hibernates, and then when I open it > > up again, all is well. > > > However if there is a Windows update, or if I do a restart / reboot, > > Flash Player gets uninstalled, or maybe Win 7 just forgets that it has > > been installed. Then I have to go through the whole download process > > to re-reinstall it until the next time. > > > This is the only application that exhibits this behaviour. But I do > > use it a lot. All other apps. once installed seem to remain available > > for use without fail. > > > So why is Flash Player such a problem, and what can I do to 'fix' its > > installation once and for all? > > > Thank you - Chris Brady. > > That is weird Chris. Does IE8 show it listed as an addon? Have you tried > other browsers like Firefox? I don't know, IE8 might be protecting > itself from allowing addons to stay installed? Another thing I would try > is to install Flash v9 instead. > > http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php > > -- > Bill > Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thank you for the hints. I have tried Flash 9 - but YouTube and BBC all complain that its out-of-date. So Flash 10 it has to be. This doesn't happen with XP SP3 on my laptop. It seems to be a thing with Win 7. I will try to see if Foxfire etc. are also effected. Chris B.
From: BillW50 on 29 Apr 2010 19:06 In news:41717e98-bb1c-4156-a362-39b3c440e904(a)o14g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, CJB typed on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:47 -0700 (PDT): > Thank you for the hints. I have tried Flash 9 - but YouTube and BBC > all complain that its out-of-date. So Flash 10 it has to be. Hello Chris! Do they complain, but still work? A lot of websites complain about using older versions but you can still continue and it still works most of the time. > This doesn't happen with XP SP3 on my laptop. It seems to be a thing > with Win 7. That could be, IDK. > I will try to see if Foxfire etc. are also effected. Chris B. Firefox requires a different Flash install. The one for IE won't work with Firefox. So to have both working, you need two Flash players installs. Using Firefox on a website that needs Flash should tell you what you need to do. Just like websites when using IE. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
From: CJB on 30 Apr 2010 04:11
On Apr 30, 12:06 am, "BillW50" <Bill...(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Innews:41717e98-bb1c-4156-a362-39b3c440e904(a)o14g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, > CJB typed on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:47 -0700 (PDT): > > > Thank you for the hints. I have tried Flash 9 - but YouTube and BBC > > all complain that its out-of-date. So Flash 10 it has to be. > > Hello Chris! Do they complain, but still work? A lot of websites > complain about using older versions but you can still continue and it > still works most of the time. > > > This doesn't happen with XP SP3 on my laptop. It seems to be a thing > > with Win 7. > > That could be, IDK. > > > I will try to see if Foxfire etc. are also effected. Chris B. > > Firefox requires a different Flash install. The one for IE won't work > with Firefox. So to have both working, you need two Flash players > installs. Using Firefox on a website that needs Flash should tell you > what you need to do. Just like websites when using IE. > > -- > Bill > Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2 Thanks again for your help and interest. I've tested all on my laptop with XP using Safari, Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and IE8. All works perfectly. Now I have to download the other browsers to my netbook. This requires a visit to Pret or McD to use their web connections for free. Chris B. |