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tulsahotelman
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February 1, 2010
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Flash wont install/load for Facebook game

  • February 1, 2010
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I need help - first of all, Im not a computer guru so need laymans terms in answering!

I like to play the Facebook game, FarmVille. I've been playing for about 6 months now. Today when I was accessing the game, it told me I needed to update to the latest version of Flash (10) which I thought I had so I did it, told me installation was complete, rebooted then tried to load the game again - same thing. First of all, Im on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop using IE8. I read down in the forum about a similar situation and used the suggestions in the thread. I uninstalled using the link and placed it on my desktop before uninstalling, went to tools and did the active X check thing, rebooted, went back to this forum, followed the instructions for installing by placing the link on my desktop. I installed it, rebooted and I get the same thing. Now here is the kicker, I have an Acer laptop and an Acer desktop and no problem - just on my Dell. Any suggestions?

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    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    February 1, 2010

    Can you see the Flash animation at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/, and does it say what version you have installed?

    Also, what Windows version you have on that DELL?

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    tulsahotelmanAuthor
    Participant
    February 1, 2010

    Thanks for your reply. Yes, I can see it. I have version 10,0,42,34 installed. I am operating Windows XP on my Dell.

    Thanks for your assistance - I appreciate it.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    February 1, 2010

    It seems that the latest version of FP10 is successfully installed.

    I don't know why facebook is asking you to install FP. Some websites claim that they require Flash Player, when in fact they mean Shockwave Player.  Try installing Shockwave Player, and see if it works better after that.

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