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Kate1022
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December 8, 2013
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Yahoo Videos not loading

  • December 8, 2013
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Yahoo suddenly this week keeps telling me that I need to download the Flash Player, yet I have had Flash Player on my computer forever.  I went ahead and removed it, and downloaded again.  Restarted computer and I still get the same message from Yahoo.  Other Flash Videos from other sites work fine.

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    C_F_McBlob
    C_F_McBlob
    Inspiring
    December 9, 2013

    If you'r eusing IE11, this is a known problem with Internet Exploder 11, which Microsoft has been aware of since October 18 when they released their latest "untested" browser. The pages (Yahoo, Facebook, BBC, ESPN among others) can't recognize the browser, so they don't recognize any of the plugins, like Flash Player. So far, Microsoft has made NO indication that they have any plan to fix it soon.
    Microsoft's recommendation is to use Compatibility View for affected pages, and "pretend" you're using an different browser. Trouble with that is it has seen limited success at best, and you have to individually enable it for EVERY page that has problems.
    I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser.

    Firefox (from Mozilla)

    Opera (from Opera)

    Safari (from Apple)

    Chrome (from Google)

    ANY of those will work where IE11 won't, with the Flash Player Plug-in (For all other browsers), and Chrome doesn't even need that because it has its own Flash Player plugin built in.

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