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Anonymous
December 29, 2015
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Flash player installer downloaded from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ will not run

  • December 29, 2015
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I use a Windows XP PC with x86 SSE instruction set only processor.  The installation executable flashplayer20_fa_install.exe fails, producing an error message box stating : -

The exception Illegal Instruction

An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction.

(0xc000001d) occurred in the application at location 0x0040599b.

Click on OK to terminate the program


flashplayer20_fa_install.exe is clearly not compatible with SSE only x86 processors.

Adobe obviously does not want people to view Flash content and by preventing access to the full 18.3MB installer is effectively helping to kill Flash.  The full installation executable install_flash_player_20_plugin.exe, soon to be unavailable, runs properly on a SSE only processor.

Does Adobe deliberately seek to prevent people from viewing Flash?  That is what it is achieving.  Customers are paying Adobe for Flash authoring tools and Adobe is undermining those customers by preventing people like me from installing Flash player.  Is this stupid or is this stupid?  Adobe is cutting its own throat.  Furthermore, it is preventing people from maintaining an up-to-date secure version of Flash Player.

By preventing users from using the full Flash installer, it is clear that Adobe has completely lost contact with reality.  The Adobe company's policies are utterly bizarre.


I soon won't be able to see the Flash content of advertisers.  Perhaps you are trying to do me a favour in some strange twisted way.

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    Anonymous
    January 1, 2016

    What utter commercial stupidity by Adobe to impair access to updates of its FREE Flash player without which Adobe’s customers, who PAY for the Adobe Flash authoring tool, would have many fewer viewers of their content.

    Adobe seems adept at shooting itself in the foot, what with its apparent indifference to the security concerns of its users. What a pity it has ruined a very good video player and, as an unintended consequence, probably a considerable revenue stream to itself.

    Thanks for 86’ing the full binary download page which is coming soon, Adobe. Thank you very much.  It's your funeral.

      _maria_
      _maria_
      Legend
      January 1, 2016

      Hi,

      If you have SP1 or SP2 installed on your system it lacks the modern cryptographic technology to support sha256 certificates which is what the online installer uses.  You can try the offline installer posted at the bottom of the Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier page in the 'Still having problems' section.  This may or may not work.  If it doesn't work you'll need to upgrade your system to at least XP SP3 to install Flash Player. 

      For more information on Microsoft retiring support for SHA1 certificates (which XP SP1/2 support) see Microsoft Security Advisory 2880823 and https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/2880823.aspxMicrosoft Retiring SHA-1 in 2016 - Schneier on Security‌, and many other similar posts on the web.

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      Maria

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