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BrandiBabe719
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May 2, 2007
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Changing Flash Player Settings

  • May 2, 2007
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I'm at my wits end. I have uninstalled/reinstalled several times. I've followed the advice in another thread (Windows Vista fix) thinking that may help... I've used IE and Firefox both. I've run everything as administrator. No luck.

I can view content, and the flash player seems to be working... I just can't change the settings to allow camera/microphone access.

Does anyone know what may be causing this, or how to fix it?

Thanks in advance for any advice/help. I'm really desperate.
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    jsandso
    Participating Frequently
    August 23, 2007
    Thank you so much SirFrancisDrake
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    AussieBus
    Participating Frequently
    August 23, 2007
    Thankyou Sir!

    I had looked at those settings a while back and it had not worked for me. On your prompting I revisited it. The key was setting "Always Allow" for the correct websites. In my case (and this might work for you RandyInBC) I went to http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04a.html then set the following sites to "Always Allow": local, chat.friendfinder.com, chat.alt.com and flash.revver.com. Make sure you have FriendFinder chat running first. I am not totally sure all those are needed, but whenever I changed one of them back to Always Ask it seemed to revert back to the same problem.

    Anyway, thanks again SirFrancisDrake. May your night skies be clear and seas calm :)

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    Anonymous
    August 24, 2007
    Hi, I tried the changes SirFrancisDrake suggested, no luck for me.

    -Randy
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    jsandso
    Participating Frequently
    August 22, 2007
    I actually was sure that Windows Vista has something to do with our problem but you are running Windows XP SP2. So thats ruled out.

    Maybe Flash Player has a problem to address our 2.00 GB RAM. The other thing we both have is a Nvidia graphics card, not eactly the same card but it meight be the same driver.

    I would have to open my laptop to see if I have a single 2GB ram or two 1GB. If I have two I could try to take one out to see if that's what causes the problem. I may try this tomorrow.



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    Anonymous
    August 23, 2007
    I was having the very same problem, and it was driving me nuts. But I found the fix. It is in the global security settings for Flash Player. Apparently the only way to adjust these settings is online. But once you use the online app to allow camera/mic settings for a site, it actually works!! When you use the link below, you will see something about taking an Adobe survey, but you without any further action, you will be taken to the page with the security adjustment app and instructions. This is all from the Adobe site, so I have to wonder why a mod has not posted this already. :(

    http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00001069.html
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    AussieBus
    Participating Frequently
    August 22, 2007
    Good idea jsandso

    Dell Precision M90
    Intel Core 2 CPU T7600 @ 2.33GHz
    2.00 GB RAM
    Windows XP SP2
    NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
    Windows Live OneCare
    Creative USB Webcam

    Mine is through a friendfinder messenger application. It used to work fine until I updated that software it recently - friendfinder have provided no answers.

    I also uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version of flash.

    Other software of interest I run
    Visual Studio 2005
    .NET framework 2.0
    MS Office 2007
    Yahoo Messenger
    MSN Live Messenger
    Explorer 7
    Firefox 2.0.0.6



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    jsandso
    Participating Frequently
    August 22, 2007
    the TAB option worked yesterday but later that night it didn't, also today I have no luck it will just not accept TAB key or mouse.

    I'd really like to find out what causing the problem, there must be something we all have in common like a same piece of hardware, same virus scan, same graphics card driver......

    Maybe I just list here what I have and hope that someone has the same.

    HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
    Intel Core Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
    2046MB RAM
    32-bit Operating System
    Windows Vista Premium
    Nvidia Graphics Card GeForce 8600 GS
    Norton Anti Virus
    build-in HP webcam


    So far I have figured that it does not depend what browser I use. It does not work with IE, Firefox and Netscape Navigator 9.0b3. Also a re-install of the Flash Player made no difference.

    Cheers.



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    BrandiBabe719Author
    Participant
    August 21, 2007
    It worked for me. I can't believe I was tempted to throw my laptop up against a wall over something so simple.

    Thank you! :-D
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    AussieBus
    Participating Frequently
    August 21, 2007
    Glad it is working for you guys - but there is still an issue with mouse clicks and the tab option is not working for me. Cheers.
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    jsandso
    Participating Frequently
    August 21, 2007
    just managed to press "allow" by using the TAB key under IE. That makes me thinking if the problem is related somehow to mouse input. It seems that it does not get recognized when clicking with the mouse.
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    AussieBus
    Participating Frequently
    August 21, 2007
    Can you explain how were you able to do that? Tab key does not seem to do anything for me :(
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    BrandiBabe719Author
    Participant
    August 17, 2007
    Ok, I know I'm not the only one now. I was starting to believe all these "experts" who were telling me I was crazy, or that I must have done something wrong, or didn't understand my computer.

    I really hope someone figures out a solution to this. I understand it doesn't affect everyone - I am a member or a karaoke website, and some other users with Vista are able to record and have found fixes with issue they have on their computer, but these don't work on mine. I really don't understand what the problem is.
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    jsandso
    Participating Frequently
    August 21, 2007
    Same problem here as well with my new HP Laptop. Did anyone get it working yet?

    I'm using the latest FP version under Vista and the problem appears with IE, Firefox and Netscape Navigator 9.0b3

    reinstall did not help
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    Bbbent
    Inspiring
    May 2, 2007
    Could you be more specific? Are you able to access the settings manager page at all? Are you using an mms.cfg file? Give us some steps so we can get a picture of what you're seeing..
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    BrandiBabe719Author
    Participant
    May 2, 2007
    I'm getting a little pop up box that asks me to approve or deny access to my webcam/microphone. The default is "deny", and it will not let me change that. I can click on the little tabs at the bottom that shows me it is recognizing my cam/mic - but it will not allow me to make any changes to the settings.

    I have looked at the troubleshooting guide, and tried to change global settings, but nothing works. Someone suggested that it was a "corrupt installation", but I've uninstalled/reinstalled at least 5 times, only to get the same result.
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    Bbbent
    Inspiring
    May 3, 2007
    I'm not convinced it's a 'corrupt install'..

    The screen you're seeing should look like the image on this page:
    http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help05.html

    http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/images/pop_privacy.gif

    You'll notice there is no 'default' button. They're both on... Is that not what you're seeing? Are you on a corporate network? Or is this a standalone machine? Does your camera/mic work normally otherwise?

    If you wanted to test it on a different page, try this one. Does it do the same thing?
    http://www.flashcomguru.com/apps/snapshotter/
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