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wired_retired1
wired_retired1
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November 17, 2009
Question

Is Flash Player fully compatible with Windows 7?

  • November 17, 2009
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Is the latest version of Flash Player fully compatible with the 32bit release version of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8?

I am asking this because since I reinstalled Windows 7 32bit and Flash Player I am experiencing problems with Flash.

My action centre informs me that I have a problem with Flash Player and I should go to Adobe's website and address the problem.

I have uninstalled Flash and reinstalled Flash as Microsoft and Adobe advise, several times but I still get problems.

I uninstalled the 64bit version of Windows 7 because Flash was causing too many problems.

Since reinstalling the 32bit version I have had several reports of Flash Player not working properly, Skype reporting problems and IE8

using compatibility view when I view some web-pages with Flash in them.

When attempting to view Netto's webpages Flash fails to work and I am told to download the latest version of Flash again.

I do not remember this problem occuring with either previous versions of Flash or with Windows 7 RC.

Is anyone else using the Professional version of Windows 7 32bit experiencing the same or similar problems?

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    DonPerretta
    Participant
    November 17, 2009

    Hi.

    I've been having problems with flash on Windows 7 watching Online videos. I'm keen to keep an eye on this thread in case anything usefull pops up.

    Sorry i can't help you at the moment but if anyone helps out on my thread then i'll copy it on to yours if it seems relevant.

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    Anonymous
    November 17, 2009

    I think my reply to you earlier got lost. Since you have done Uninstalling/Reinstalling of Windows, your Browser and Flash Player, please post and state, what versions of Windows do you now have installed, same for the Browser & your Adobe Flash Player Status. You can find the latter at www.adobe.com/software/flash/about

    You might want to also list what of Adobe is in Add/Remove; same for Manage Add ons & whether they are Disabled or Enabled.

    Are you using an Third party Toolbars, such as Google or Yahoo, etc?

    Any and all of these factors enter in to a successful install.

    Thanks

    wired_retired1
    wired_retired1Author
    Inspiring
    November 17, 2009

    OK,

    Windows 7 Professional 32bit system,

    IE 8.0.7600.16385,

    Flash 10.0.32.18,

    In Control Panel - Programs & Features

    Adobe Flash Player 10 active X

    Adobe Reader 9.2

    Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5

    Add-ons

    Shockwave Flash Object = enabled

    Adobe PDF link helper = disabled

    Windows live ID sign in helper = disabled

    Office document cache handler = disabled

    Send to one note = disabled

    Skype add-on for IE = disabled

    Linked notes = disabled

    Skype add-on mastermind = enabled

    Skype = enabled

    No third party toolbars are installed.

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    Anonymous
    November 18, 2009

    OK, Java reinstalled [how did I miss that?]

    Attached jPEG in previous post showed "Currently loaded add-ons."

    Attached to this post is jPEG of "All add-ons."

    Not visible at the bottom of the attachment are Java's attachments.

    But Flash appears more stable now thank you.


    Thanks for the jpeg. Glad you have some improvement. It is easy to overlook things when you have so many things going on.

    Just a suggestion, I would go in and Disable CInstallerStateObject and also RAConfigureMgrObject, Reboot and test your sites.

    With Add ons, the consenus is the fewer is better. Some users have Shockwave Flash and Java only Enabled and enable others if and when they are needed. The reasoning behind this is that IE runs perfectly well with NO add ons. However, Flash & Java are needed. All of the others are either personal preference (add'l toy) or enabled for a particular reason. Just something to keep in mind.

    I had an issue with my computer add ons and Disabled all of them, then Enabled one at a time until I found the one that was creating conflict.

    Oh, don't forget to Reboot after Disabling the two I mentioned above. If you don't see any improvement with the sites, you can Enable them again.

    Hope all of this stablizes IE!! :-)

    Thanks for your cooperation.

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