Platform: KDE (Kubuntu) Web Browser: Firefox Flash player Version: 7 On Firefox, wenever dynamic text appears in menus, buttons or actual Flash programs, the text is literally not there. I have no idea what is causing this problems. ...more >>

Sorry for the lengthly posting. But for completeness, here goes: I find that Flash Player causes IE to flicker The objects that show most obvious symptoms are simple flash animations. These simple animations seem to be made using the sucessive overlay of graphic blocks. Each overlay ...more >>

After uninstalling flash player 7 Internet Explorer doesn?t work properly.It is impossible to open a Link in a new window and therefore it will be mandatory to register the windows actxprxy.dll again. Need help to fix this problem ! Best regards BIAD3 ...more >>

hello, I got windows xp x64bit edition. when the "yahoo tool bar" will appear then I can go to site witch are requested the flash player. but suddenly the "yahoo toll bar" won't appear between the internetexplorer task list, and the screen, I cannot go to open any homepage witch is requeste...more >>

I recently became awear that I needed to update my verison of Macromedia Flash Player. However, when I went to the download page, the download would not start, and no prompts to install an acitveX controll would appear. Also, there was a blank box towards the top of the page. I beleive it w...more >>

Hello all: Brian here. I have the latest Flash Player that I can get a hold of (unless I'm allowed to download the 8.5 alpha from somewhere), and for some strange reason, if I go to click on a button at all, the click does NOT happen over the visual graphic provided. It's about 50-100 p...more >>

Hello everyone! First off happy holidays! OK i just upgraded my computer to amd 64bit running winxp 64bit os.. I use both firefox and internet explorer. I can get firefox to install the macromedia flash program, however internet explorer wont let me, i just get a red x in the upper le...more >>

Ever since I installed Flash Player 8, Opera 8.51 has crashed on me every single time it tried viewing flash content. Firefox 1.5 tells me the Flash plug-in performed an illegal operation whenever I do the same. When I uninstall Flash Player 8, MSIE 6.0 still displays that it's got FP8 i...more >>

Yeah, I don't know WTF is going on, considering I am a professional web programmer you'd think I could figure it out, but I haven't got the time for this s.... I installed a bunch of MS patches and now IE wont load any flash stuff, or let me install the new flash player, and it seems all a...more >>

Hi, how can i Make the flash-ActiveX-Component load the SWF-Movie directly from an ressource in some DLL (or EXE file). Elmar...more >>

:( i have flash player 8 on win xp home and everytime i try to play a flash movie i get visual but no sound. i have tryed reinstalling and have tryed it on 3 different internet explrers. ive turned off firewall and all that jazz any ideas? ...more >>

Have flashplayer 8.0 and am trying to play an flv file. ( flashplaer video file). I click on the flv video file, Flashplayer 8.0 screen stays blank and nothing happens. Someone help please, thanks!...more >>

I installed the FlashPlayer and it works in my IE browser but if I double click an .swf file on my hard drive it cannot find an associated program. I do not want to associate it with IE. How can I get my .swf's to play when double clicked? Thanks. ...more >>

We are trying to distribute Macromedia Flash Player 8 remotely and it installs properly where we can view pages on the internet that need flash but there is no reference of Macromedia Flash Player 8 in the Add / Remove Programs. We are using the .MSI file from the Macromedia site with the o...more >>

Hello, None of our computers are connected to the internet. is there a way to download an offline installation of the free flash player? Regards, Shlomi Vaknin ...more >>

I installed airlink 802.11g wireless PCI card in my PC and tried installing the SW drivers (in a CD supplied by the manufacturer). I cannot install the drivers as I get a message "need Macromedia Flash player". This PC does NOT have flsah player and is NOT hooked up to the network. I am tr...more >>

Hi, looks like alot of people are having problems. I just found this forum last night, and I don't know too many people who are aware that there is one or there'd probably be alot more posts about this. OK, I had my computer reformatted this week. Went to get Flash and Shockwave and Flas...more >>

Hi, Was this audio problem ever resolved? It seems a whole lot of people are having this problem and no solutions have been found. Although, I did find another thread that stated that if you start GarageBand 2 and then close it and restart your computer the sound will return. Not s...more >>

I recently upgraded from Windows 2K to XP Pro. I've had problems with Flash players on CNN working so I uninstalled/re-installed the Flash Player. Now I can't get Flash to be recognized by IE 6. I think it is being downloaded fine, but all Flash content through both IE and AOL is unavailable. ...more >>

Hi all, I was trying to distribute Flash 8 ( install_flash_player_active_x.msi) using Tivoli but ran into problems with installation. ******************************************************************************** ***** Action start 13:54:45: InstallFinalize. DEBUG: Error 2103: Co...more >>

When I attempt to download the free Macromedia Flash Player, the spinning message goes instantly to "Flash Player has been installed successfully." But nothing seems to have happened. I cannot find Flash Player in the list of programs, and the flash content I'm trying to work with won't func...more >>

Working on Windows 2000 with SWF10. While receiving a SWF file as attachement on an e-mail, it playes neat. But the savet SWF-files don't do anything at all. When double-clicket a new screen opens, but nothing happens... Where should I look? Douwe ...more >>

MAJOR Flash Player 8 BUG ... Standalone environment security settings in Flash Player 8?? Regarding the New Security in Flash Player 8... Our content is created in a standalone environment and the security pop-ups display in which we are unable to view or even change the security setting...more >>

Hello, I have a problem with the manager for settings. When I choose any, for example settings for local storage, I find no way to change it. Where can I do it ? Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the application image while it is running. From the context menu, sele...more >>

Is there a Flash player that works with the Windows mobile 5.0? If there is, what version is it, Flash 6? TIA Jeff ...more >>

The sound all of a sudden stoped playing in any flash aplication such as myspace music player, pure volume music player, as well as any flash video i have tried to watch. What can I do to correct this problem?? Thanks ...more >>

What's the OS support for Flash movies, i.e. clicking on it instead of playing in a browser. Windows I *think* does, but I can't remember if that was Shockwave or Flash. Whats the situation with Mac? Linux? ...... um.. Sun? Anything else? ...more >>

Hi, If the browser focus is on a Flash movie, can it detect non-ascii, eg. function, numpad, Caps Lock etc. keys? Thanks :) ...more >>

I work in support for www.pandora.com online radio, which requires Flash local storage. While this works great for many users, a few have been having issues getting the Flash local storage settings to "stick". That is, they change the setting from 0 to, say, 10kb and the change never stay...more >>

I know, I'm not alone... I use simpleviewer 1.7 as a huge part of my website. As of right now, I'm having some pretty odd and debilitating problems. Some of my flash plays with no problems while other sections do not give me anything. For instance, this part of my website works perfectly...more >>

I've encountered a problem several times over the past couple weeks. Sometimes, but not every time, button text in a SWF published as Flash 8 format won't show up in browsers using the Flash 7 plugin. I've seen this in IE on the PC. Not sure about OSX. ...more >>

Hello everyone :) I want to connect flash and server-program for something like chat system.. The main idea is to be used protocol like irc.. not xml parsers and etc. Otherwise told I want to do : XMLSocket.send(my_requested:String); With other words - I want to know the way to make Flash...more >>

HI Does anyone know when the player will be available for the ppc win 2005 or how to get flash player 6 working in win ce 2005? Thanks for any help...more >>

I've been trying to download the Flash Player 8 installer for Firefox. It says in the download information that the download will take 2 minutes over a 56k modem. I use a high-speed connection, and the download isn't even moving, with at least half an hour more to go. The last time I tried to ...more >>

Can anyone tell me if viewers to my website will need to download Flash player or Shockwave player to be able to see my animation? It was created in Flash and exported as swf....more >>

Is it really worth it? Just look at the Linux/firefox flash plugins. It won't work for many pages. Of course it is not important to have Linux support from a market poit of view. However, it is a sure sign of technology that doesn't follow any reasonably open standards. It is everything...more >>

I have written a multi-file uploader in flash recently for the project I'm currently involved with. The applet works great in IE / firefox on windows, but has a few problems running on Mac OS X. I've made sure I have the latest flash player from MM (8,0,22,0), and tested the applet in OS X 10....more >>

Hi, Don't know if this is an issue with Flash or Quicktime so bear with me. I'm running Win XP and Firefox 1.5. Trying to view websites now becomes a problem. I get a big 'Q' with a question mark in the middle. Tried to download Flash but when I try and open the installer nothing happen...more >>

Diner Dash, Roller Rush and Lucky Letters all start up for me but within 1 minute they crash.The error reporting states that they have found no particuliar problem. I've re-installed the Flash player numerous times. Still, these 3 games crash. I can play other game with no problem. Someone...more >>

The sound falls behind the video on our player. Here is the link: http://www.ssdk9.com/content/downloads/ How can we fix this problem?? Help please Brian Amos Sacramento Sheriff K9 Association www.ssdk9.com ...more >>

Hi, I tried to make a standallone login applet in VisualBasic! I added a ShockwaveFlash component to my VB form, and made it load a swf file with this setting, WMode = Transparent. Then I compiled my exe file and started it.. It loaded the swf with transparent background, but.. something...more >>

I've tried this several times on my Win XP computer. When I run the flash_player_installer.exe, it shows progress for a couple of seconds, then it disappears without a trace, but continues running as a process. Regardless of whether I let it run or end it, Opera 8.5 crashes upon trying to ...more >>

I cannot find how to uninstall this super-annoying piece of garbage. I do not want stupid videos popping up on web pages. How do I get rid of Flash Player forever? I use Firefox on Windows XP SP2....more >>

I can't install flash player. some of the websites I go on want me to install the latest verison, and I can't. when I click the install button, it takes me to a new page, which explains that I should have had a box pop up. and it doesn't install. it does this both on AOL and IE! ...more >>

I downloaded the "traditional" version of the trial flash but I opened it up to get started and almost every word is comprised of strange symbols, so I can't do a thing. Does anyone know how to change all the strange symbols into English? ...more >>

At any website that includes Flash content, including most of this site, I experience a weird flashing issue. On some pages, the entire browser window flashes or blinks in white when I move the mouse. It looks like the page is blinking on and off Other sites just have an issue with the "...more >>

I have been trying to play games on www.games.com everytime I go on there it freezes up, and I get the message "a script in this movie is causing mac. flash 8 to run slowly" and asks me to abort. I have windows xp home. I can't find anything to fix this. The first 2 or 3 times I went to th...more >>

I have a swf file that loads an FLV into the MediaPlayback component. My users sometimes experience that the FLV will load, but not play. No sound, no video, only the media player. Some users can hear the audio but not see the video. In the Activity window, users see it downloading fine, and t...more >>

Ever since I installed Flash Player 8, Internet Explorer is crashing. I uninstalled Flash and everything is fine, except for the popups asking me to install Flash Player 8 every 30 seconds or so. I found the old versions of Flash and have installed all the way back to Flash Player 5 and determ...more >>