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Wyoming_Cowboy
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June 18, 2009
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Keep getting asked to install Flash Player

  • June 18, 2009
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OK... new computer ... Pentium 4 running Windows XP Pro.  I'm using Internet Explorer 8.0.  I went to www.adobe.com and downloaded Flash Player.  Yet, almost every web site I go to tells me to click on the yellow bar at the top because it needs to download Adobe Flash Player.  I click on it, and the page runs fine.  I even went to the Adobe test site and confirmed my Flash Player was successfully downloaded.  So, why is it that just about every web site I go to tells me I need to download Flash Player?  Again, as long as I click on the yellow bar at the top, I can view these web sites with no problem.  I just now went and downloaded Flash Player again, and still all the sites tell me it needs to be downloaded.  Hmmmm.

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    tyesfran
    Participant
    June 18, 2009

    I am having the same problem.  I had a little box that said that Adobe updates were ready to be installed, so I did.  Now I am asked the same thing on every page.  How do I get rid of it??????

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    June 18, 2009

    I don't know why this is happening; I suggest that you try an alternate installation method:

    Let us know if it is better now.

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    Wyoming_CowboyAuthor
    Participant
    June 18, 2009

    Pat... Perhaps I was not reading what was in the yellow bar at the top of my screen correctly.  Here it is word for word:

    >This website wants to run the following add-on: Adobe Flash Player from Adobe Systems Incorporated. If you trust the website and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click here...<

    So, I'm thinking that it's asking to run Flash Player, not asking me to download it.  But, is it normal to get this question over and over and over when I go to just about any website, except the very simple web sites?

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    June 18, 2009

    Ah, yes - that is a completely different situation. It means that Flash Player is installed, but Internet Explorer's security settings are prompting you each time to allow to run it.

    I'm sure you can change that setting, but I wouldn't know how, as I rarely use IE.

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