Updated to the most recent version of adobe flash player and the browser becomes unresponsive even on adobe's confirmation page that flash has been installed. can not click ignore, can not click stop script or anything as it displays the error window and the window disappears before you can even click anything but it comes back and back and back. tired by downloading the install packet, closing firefox out completely and THEN making sure all other programs were shut down, installed, then when it tried to verify it was installed it had an issue. i had to force close firefox, uninstall flash and no issues. I tried getting support just to find the previous version but they didn't even want to help me that much, they are only wanting cash from people for their cloud. they don't care about anyone that doesn't use those programs as they make people search for hours AFTER searching for even more days (two weeks) for fixes. I'm personally done but I want to know what the issue is.
Oh one more thing, i clicked start a new discussion FOUR times, then finally clicked the one at the bottom of the main forum page finally allowing me to post this. VERY VERY BAD FORM ADOBE/CREATIVE.... VERY BAD FORM. oh and since there is no general flash player spot for errors i hope that this one works.. probably guessed wrong... really not making me like adobe any better.
I will accept your information apparently i am on the 32 bit client. i was not totally aware of that i thought i had the 64 bit client. The fun part of it is that Firefox has dropped adobe flash support for 64 bit and gone to html 5. I have finally gotten some answers from a few tech friends that work more closely with browsers. thanks for the information.
so you are recommending a product that will not function with many websites due to limited plug-in support. and i will agree they say what you are saying, but when i install flash player it is listed as npapi by this quote from the same blog site:
this still doesn't present me any relief from the last three week time where i could not use flash player because the update does NOT work. I will install the 64 bit firefox and see if that works and if it does i will continue to use it, but with html5 being used many places (Apple for one) flash is in trouble if the browsers won't work with it.
Firefox is dropping NPAPI plugin support, except for Flash Player, on 32- and 64-bit versions of Firefox, not just 64-bit. I am recommending that you try it. If it works, great. If it doesn't please refer to the resources I previously posted for assistance.
well it is working for now, but this leads me to believe that adobe/creative has made it a requirement that it works with only mozilla 64 bit vs the 32 bit client. otherwise why would it work with 64 bit but give me problems with the 32 bit? and why has it not even been addressed and patched yet? i can not be the only one with issues of flash as of the last update. this still is not totally answered, it is a "PATCH" but either there is an issue with mozilla 32bit which is the normal download when looking for it as i had to go LOOKING for the 64 bit client, or the issue is with adobe. and my opinion of adobe support still stands, they could have at least said try the 64 bit client or given me a link to the older flash that did work with 32bit.
yes it seems to be answered, but if i go back to the mozilla 32 bit client, i will have to remove flash player and that is not an answer to this issue, an answer would prevent the issue from occuring once again.
There's no requirement that it only works with 32-bit versus 64-bit. Since you're on a 64-bit machine, moving to 64-bit Firefox will allow to take advantage of performance and stability improvements, as well as use the native Firefox NPAPI plug-in sandbox, instead of Flash Player's bolt-on sandbox for 32-bit systems. This provides you with meaningful defenses against malware (we strongly advise against browsing with Protected Mode disabled), but the architectural benefits of a native sandbox provide better performance through reduced overhead.
I know that the 32 bit and 64 bit versions can co-exist on the system, but if I was using the 32 bit version of mozilla why is flash not working with that version, and thus making me use the 64 bit version? I do not disagree that it would be better but with issues using 32bit mozilla why is it not being addressed for those that still have 32 bit systems??? this is where my issue is, not that i had to go to 64 bit for it to work, that is great but there are still people with 32 bit machines that can not RUN 64 bit applications at all.
why don't you idiots kill flash? This is so rediculous having an update from you jokers that does not work. I have wasted over an hour trying to get this piece of junk flash update to work just to browse the net. Jump through whoops to try to get it to install and still nothing. I am so sick of this crap from you Adobe. I'm looking into starting a class action lawsuit for all the wasted time.
quadrant, i'm not a fan of flash as you can see here. but being nasty is not the answer. Lawsuits are not the answer. I have been wrestling with this last update that went wrong for 3 weeks now. and i finally have it working. The full answer has not been given but here is what i know.
Freki42, perhaps your right. I was tired, trying to work and super short on patience. I take responsibility for my quick reaction. I have been using adobe products for 20 plus years. And most of the time they do a fantastic job. I still think something needs to be done about the flash updates that don't work or seemingly didn't need updating in the first place. Time is something I don't have a lot of and to waste it trying to fix something that was working fine really bugs me.
I definitely agree, there is a problem and it has not been fixed. I don't have a lot of time to figure out what is wrong. I don't expect them to know everything but to relegate support only to forums makes it almost impossible to fix things if without days and days of coming back here. and it still is not fixed nor is it being addressed by adobe.
chrome has it's own version of flash dedicated to just chrome. that's why it works. mine is working because i have gone up to the 64 bit version of firefox, installed adobe and it's working so... the big question to adobe still stands why is there an issue with flash and the 32 bit version of firefox.
Well guys, i entered the strange world of the good well old OS Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I got the Internet Explorer 5 ready, as well as an local http server and even a tcp/ip stack that only runs on a non-existent network card (i just wanted to play local games). so my next idea was to install adobe flash player (oh excuse me, macromedia flash player) 3. i tried to start the swf-file in an htm file on the internet explorer 5.0 but the game seems to require adobe flash 9.
is there any way to provide the ocx-file for adobe flash 9 to win 3.11, is there anyone with knowledge about the compatibilities out there? i also tried opera 3 and netscape navigator 4.07, but netscape even crashes at boot.
well it is just the good idea of running a swf file in an so old system. i know, there are plenty other easy ways. but i want to create this way specifically. the gnash idea doesnt sound too far. but.. i dont know, i would need to spend a bit of time for learning how to compile this application for being compatible with win32s. actually, it isn't since it says "invalid format" (guess there are libraries and functions which win32s doesn't provide). well lets see how this works out - or maybe even not.
*Windows 3.1 - on an universal USB Stick without network stack (even with MS-DOS LAN Manager 3.x) - no way, you wont even get 127.0.0.1 to run - local file opening with IE5 or Netscape Navigator is possible, but nobody in their right mind would - flash support till Version 3 - not working practically, gnash wont work
*Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - Macromedia (not Adobe ?) Flash Player till version 3 - not really much of an flash support - gnash just doesnt want to do anything and is still invalid format
*Windows NT 3.1 - Macromedia doesnt work at all, gnash won't work crashes on some kernel-DLLs and mutters bout not having openGL
*Windows NT 3.51 - this is more what we're talking about. Gnash still stresses around, but Firefox 2.0.22 a special adapted Edition for W95 and NT3.51 *works*! i found an flash NSPSWF32.DLL which does the Job! Network works good (if you have the right network card - that is or you virtualize), and even a few flash files are playin!
so basically, if you want to go back to the past (to play some flashy games that sucks a**) windows nt 3.51 is sure an interesting approach. not too new, but not too old either. but i guess the border you can't cross with NT 3.51 is still on Macromedia Flash 8. It wont go beyond that, since Flash 9 needs lots of crypt32 DLLs as i tried to start the exefile that came with it. at least it works for my case.
another thing is: i cant install netscape 6 on NT 3.51. i wonder why. it always says that i have 0kb free space but it needs a few megs. i guess the DLLs wont get their values from the calls. so maybe nt 3.51 is still too old for netscape 6 or 7. (which is logical).
the other idea with the dos enhancer, i will try that too. its a pretty good idea.
as for OS/2.. mh nah, i tried that system one time in the past. but even almost 16 years ago it felt out of place for me. if you put it like this and go beyond the borders of using M$ and DOS, you can even send me to the holy halls of Linux where i stick probably forever with redhat linux 6.2 =D well, maybe i try this too someday.
Adobe Flash Player is software used to view multimedia content on computers or other supported devices first released in 1996. Users looking for an application to play audio and video would download Flash Player and those who want to play a wide variety of browser games. Flash technology enables users to view media and animations in greater detail, so video games are more immersive. There are currently over 20,000 apps in the Apple and Android mobile stores that require some type of flash technology to run smoothly, as well as some of the most popular Facebook games in the gaming section. Certain webcams and microphones also require the flash technology and the functions are enabled once the users have accepted the permissions.
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