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lohad
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November 5, 2009
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New Twist on YouTube, Flash Player Problem?

  • November 5, 2009
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Why is that videos on the YouTube site won't run under IE8, but run just fine under IE6?

Specifically, when I try to run a YouTube video at youtube.com, I get the following message:

"Hello, you either have Javascript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.  Get the latest Flash Player"

According to http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/ I'm currently running Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 and Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1r601.    Furthermore, "Manage Add-ons" shows that Shockwave Flash Object 10.0,32.18 and Shockwave Active X Control 11.5.1 are "currently loaded" and "enabled"

This problem arose approximately two weeks ago, with no warning. Until then, videos ran on the YouTube site under IE8 with no problem.

Since then, I've googled and tried every possible solution I could find, with no success.  However, I discovered that if I uninstall IE8, my IE browser rolls back to IE6, and the problem goes away; i.e., videos that can not be viewed under IE8 run fine under IE6.

I'm hoping that someone with more tech saavy that I possess can explain why this disconnect between IE8 and IE6, and perhaps point to a possible solution to the problem, which many users seem to be having.

Thanks in Advance!

NOTE:  Videos on the YouTube site run fine under Firefox.  Also, embedded YouTube videos on other sites run fine under IE8

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    Anonymous
    November 16, 2009

    Hi lohad, My opinion is that it would be a browser issue. Did you install anything that would have added a BHO or ActiveX ?

    Also you may want to check any Windows Updates that you may have installed, especially any IE updates, which there was one  for the October updates. The October 13, 2009 IE Critical update was for EVERY version of IE and every supported version of Windows operating system and would have definitely affected the browsers.

    Just something to check out.

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    Marc_Blitz
    Inspiring
    November 5, 2009

    Welcome to the problem we're trying to solve.

    Its endemic on Opera, Seamonkey and Firefox as well.

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    lohadAuthor
    Participant
    November 5, 2009

    Thanks for the quick response.

    I haven't seen any references to this specific aspects of the problem;  i.e., videos not running under the current version of the browser (IE8), but running under an earlier version of the same browser (IE6) with no problem.

    I guess I was hoping that this problem could be traced back to a browser setting that may have been overlooked in all of the "solutions" to this problem that are floating around out there.

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