Installed SP2, Now Error Message Keeps Poppong Up

[John E. Golden]

I just got the CD for XP SP2 in the mail and installed it on my Compaq
Celeron 2.5 GHz Desktop.

I then started getting the [could not find the file "swflash.ocx"] Error
Message every few minutes even when not connected to the internet and
without having an internet browser open.

I then did a search of this newsgroup and learned that I should reinstall
the Shockwave software. I downloaded it from the Macromedia webpage and
installed it into both MS Explorer and Mozilla 1.7 ( I mostly use Mozilla
1.7).

But this didn't help and I still receive the error message all the time.

I then tried uninstalling Shockwave first, then rebooting and reinstalling.
Still I keep getting this stupid error message.

It's making me crazy I tell you!

Does anyone know how I can stop this?

Regards,
John E. Golden

[Rock]

John E. Golden wrote:

> I just got the CD for XP SP2 in the mail and installed it on my Compaq
> Celeron 2.5 GHz Desktop.
>
> I then started getting the [could not find the file "swflash.ocx"] Error
> Message every few minutes even when not connected to the internet and
> without having an internet browser open.
>
> I then did a search of this newsgroup and learned that I should reinstall
> the Shockwave software. I downloaded it from the Macromedia webpage and
> installed it into both MS Explorer and Mozilla 1.7 ( I mostly use Mozilla
> 1.7).
>
> But this didn't help and I still receive the error message all the time.
>
> I then tried uninstalling Shockwave first, then rebooting and reinstalling.
> Still I keep getting this stupid error message.
>
> It's making me crazy I tell you!
>
> Does anyone know how I can stop this?
>
> Regards,
> John E. Golden
>
>

How about checking on the www.macromedia.com support site for issues
related to ShockWave and SP2? It's their product. For example I found
this but there are other articles about SP2 as well:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/ts/documents/sp2_install.htm

[John E. Golden]

Rock > wrote in news:ugIJ83DnEHA.3988
@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

> http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/ts/documents/sp2_install.htm

Thanks Rock, I'll do as you suggest.

Regards,
John E. Golden

[John E. Golden]

Rock > wrote in
:

> How about checking on the www.macromedia.com support site for issues
> related to ShockWave and SP2? It's their product. For example I
> found this but there are other articles about SP2 as well:
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/ts/documents/sp2_install.ht
> m

Yo Rock,

I did find a suggestion on their website that seems to have worked....at
least for the last hour.

For the benefit of anyone else with the same problem, here is what I did:

I used the search function to look for all "swflash.ocx" files on my hard
drive. I found the file in about four different places. I chose the file
with the latest date, copied it and pasted into the [C:\Windows\system32
\macromed\flash] file. There was already a "flash.ocx" file there--I just
added the "swflash.ocx" file. I haven't gotten this error message again
since I did that.....about an hour ago. Thank goodness.....it was driving
me crazy.

Regards,
John E. Golden

[Rock]

John E. Golden wrote:

> Rock > wrote in
> :
>
>
>>How about checking on the www.macromedia.com support site for issues
>>related to ShockWave and SP2? It's their product. For example I
>>found this but there are other articles about SP2 as well:
>>
>>http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/ts/documents/sp2_install.ht
>>m
>
>
> Yo Rock,
>
> I did find a suggestion on their website that seems to have worked....at
> least for the last hour.
>
> For the benefit of anyone else with the same problem, here is what I did:
>
> I used the search function to look for all "swflash.ocx" files on my hard
> drive. I found the file in about four different places. I chose the file
> with the latest date, copied it and pasted into the [C:\Windows\system32
> \macromed\flash] file. There was already a "flash.ocx" file there--I just
> added the "swflash.ocx" file. I haven't gotten this error message again
> since I did that.....about an hour ago. Thank goodness.....it was driving
> me crazy.
>
> Regards,
> John E. Golden

Great..glad you got it fixed..so far.