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October 11, 2010
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How do I get Flash working under 'Standard User' (IE9, Windows 7 x64)?

  • October 11, 2010
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I have a very irritating problem that I can't find anyone to help me  with.

In Internet Explorer 8 (and now IE9), I can view flash videos fine (Youtube, Hulu, etc).  However,  when it comes to embedded youtube flash videos on various websites, all I get is white boxes where  the video would be.  However, if I log in via my Admin user account on Windows 7 and launch  IE, the embedded video plays fine.  This issue is present in both the 32-bit and  64-bit browsers.

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to make this work with my standard  user account.  I do not want to change my account back to Administrator for  security reasons.  Let me tell you what I've done so far:

1) Uninstalled All Flashplayers using the uninstall tool as mentioned in  other articles.

2) Reinstalled using the 'Run as Administrator' option.

3) Used a slightly older version of Adobe Flash, to rule out problems with  their most recent release.

4) Ran System File Checker utility

I'm out of ideas... please assist.

Many thanks!!

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    Correct answer pwillener

    Under Global Settings (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html), check 'allow 3rd-party Flash content...'.

    If that doesn't help, see this post http://forums.adobe.com/message/3165341#3165341

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    pwillener
    pwillenerCorrect answer
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    October 12, 2010

    Under Global Settings (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html), check 'allow 3rd-party Flash content...'.

    If that doesn't help, see this post http://forums.adobe.com/message/3165341#3165341

    benn93z28Author
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    October 12, 2010

    Thank you sooo much .. I followed the instructions in the second link you posted and it worked to perfection.  (I couldn't get the settings to come up in the first link)

    Message was edited by: benn93z28