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Flash Player controls don't work...e.g., full screen, video advance, volume

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
December 27, 2016
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Hello all,

I'm still running WinXP Pro since I'm old, use the computer purely for rather simple tasks anymore, and, for the most part, it's stable. Recently, though, I had to re-install files (via Check Disk function) and the problems I was having with BSOD and inability to boot, are resolved. However, now when I access a Flash Player video, via Firefox, (all versions are up to date), I can watch the video and hear the audio, but can not successfully toggle a switch to full screen, nor enlarge the default screen, nor advance the video, nor adjust the volume. After flailing around trying to find the proper site/instruction, I did disable the "enable hardware acceleration" function, but unlike earlier, (on the unrepaired XP Pro), that did not cure the problems. I'm hopeful I'll get the help needed to fix it, but, please, those kind enough to offer that help keep in mind I'm computer literate, but certainly not expert. Step by step instructions will be welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for taking the time to consider my need.

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jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

Understood. It wasn't intended as condescension, just relaying the facts.

The security landscape has evolved significantly over the last few years, and I live and breathe this stuff.

Good luck!

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Anonymous

Forgive me if I misinterpreted your tone, but it seems to me that those

with expertise and fluid familiarity with, what is for many, esoteric, even

arcane, subjects, have a tendency to adopt an air of superiority apart from

that due for that expertise and familiarity. My areas of expertise and

fluid familiarity might well prove similarly challenging to you as yours

are to me, and I, too, might, though not intentionally, project extended

superiority. I've had long experience with computers, beginning almost at

the beginning, and have, indeed, witnessed and been party to, in past

iterations, the truly amazing evolution of all things digital. Though my

curiosity, amazement, and admiration for all of it have not gone away, the

drive to remain current, in so far as that's even possible anymore, has

dimmed since my life has gone through the inevitable changes that accompany

continuance. To remain cognizant and respectful of others' choices, while

avoiding making judgments about them, absent facts/explanations, is often a

challenge, particularly when so many people anymore are in such a rush

to...well, dispose of encounters that don't mesh with self-interest. That

certainly has, and, sad to admit, still does, apply to me, as well, though

far far fewer times than previously. Thank you for your courtesy.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 12:33 PM, jeromiec83223024 <forums_noreply@adobe.com

jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

The symptoms you're describing are odd. With ~2 billion users, pretty much every possible mode of failure generates hundreds of questions, and it's pretty easy to spot to the patterns. This is an outlier.

Based on what you're describing, it sounds like something is still wonky with the underlying system. If I was sitting at the machine and had an hour or two, I *might* be able to dig around in the Windows internals and figure it out, but finding some random underlying problem in a step-by-step way over forums is probably not going to be a recipe for success. It would be far faster to just reinstall Windows.

I'll spare you the lecture on WinXP, except to say that in terms of overall network health, herd immunity is important. Even if your personal data doesn't matter, all of those WinXP clients are pretty easy to add to a big, adversary-controlled botnet. Also, there's a reason that we teach kids in security to hack WinXP machines when they're first getting started. Your OS is missing the fruits of ~15 years of research and development in software security, and the attackers certainly are not.

It sounds like a good inflection point to take the hit and move on, vs. sink more time and energy into a WinXP box that's also acting weird.

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Anonymous

For my purposes, my budget, and my now elderly reluctance to invest the

time and effort learning a new OS and how to correct the multitudinous

faults and weaknesses reported by users of same so that the fifteen years

of research you cite might be safely and reliably utilized and appreciated,

I'll stick with my XP Pro, for now, and, thus far, near exemplary

protection afforded by anti-malware products. As for the problem about

which I inquired seeking help, I've found and corrected it. It's now

working.

Thank you for taking the time to reply, though your condescending attitude

was not helpful.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:19 PM, jeromiec83223024 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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