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Old December 26th 09, 04:43 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Dumby Bunny
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Default Adobe flash and windows 7

I have just installed Windows 7, 64 bit, and when I go to load a jigsaw from
www.jigzone.com it tells me that my computer is not able to handle the flash
applets required to do this.
A Google search seems to indicate that Adobe have yet to overcome the
problem I am having.
Is this correct or has anyone a solution to offer me please?


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Old December 26th 09, 05:10 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bruce Hagen
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Default Adobe flash and windows 7


"Dumby Bunny" wrote in message
...
I have just installed Windows 7, 64 bit, and when I go to load a jigsaw
from www.jigzone.com it tells me that my computer is not able to handle
the flash applets required to do this.
A Google search seems to indicate that Adobe have yet to overcome the
problem I am having.
Is this correct or has anyone a solution to offer me please?



If you look in All Programs, you should have IE8 32 Bit & IE8 64 Bit. If
you need to run a Flash program, use the 32 Bit until Adobe releases a 64
Bit patch. (I have a shortcut for both IE versions on my Taskbar).

From:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html

Flash Player support on 64-bit operating systems issue

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser.
However, you can run Flash Player in a 32-bit browser running on a 64-bit
operating system.

Reason

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Adobe is working on Flash Player support for 64-bit platforms as part of
our ongoing commitment to the cross-platform compatibility of Flash
Player. We expect to provide native support for 64-bit platforms in an
upcoming release of Flash Player following the release of Flash Player
10.1.

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Old December 26th 09, 05:13 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
R. C. White
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Default Adobe flash and windows 7

Hi, Bunny.

As it says on the Adobe site (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html ),
Flash will not work in a 64-bit browser, but will run fine in a 32-bit
browser in a 64-bit Windows system.

As you may not have noticed yet, Win7 x64 comes with TWO versions of IE8,
one 32-bit and one 64-bit. You can run either (or both side by side), but
the 32-bit version runs by default. To see when version you are currently
running, just click Help | About Internet Explorer. The 64-bit version says
"64-bit Edition" on the Version line; the 32-bit version does not mention
"bitness" at all.

You should find both versions at:
32-bit version: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
64-bit version: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

You can create shortcuts, pin to Menu or Taskbar, etc., as with any other
Windows app, to run the version of your choice.

RC
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"Dumby Bunny" wrote in message
...
I have just installed Windows 7, 64 bit, and when I go to load a jigsaw
from
www.jigzone.com it tells me that my computer is not able to handle
the flash applets required to do this.
A Google search seems to indicate that Adobe have yet to overcome the
problem I am having.
Is this correct or has anyone a solution to offer me please?

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Old December 26th 09, 02:16 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Dick Mahar
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Default Adobe flash and windows 7



"R. C. White" wrote in message
ecom...
Hi, Bunny.

As it says on the Adobe site
(http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html ), Flash will not work in a
64-bit browser, but will run fine in a 32-bit browser in a 64-bit Windows
system.

As you may not have noticed yet, Win7 x64 comes with TWO versions of IE8,
one 32-bit and one 64-bit. You can run either (or both side by side), but
the 32-bit version runs by default. To see when version you are currently
running, just click Help | About Internet Explorer. The 64-bit version
says "64-bit Edition" on the Version line; the 32-bit version does not
mention "bitness" at all.

You should find both versions at:
32-bit version: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
64-bit version: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

You can create shortcuts, pin to Menu or Taskbar, etc., as with any other
Windows app, to run the version of your choice.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
"Dumby Bunny" wrote in message
...
I have just installed Windows 7, 64 bit, and when I go to load a jigsaw
from
www.jigzone.com it tells me that my computer is not able to handle
the flash applets required to do this.
A Google search seems to indicate that Adobe have yet to overcome the
problem I am having.
Is this correct or has anyone a solution to offer me please?


My solution was to use Mozilla as a browser when IE8 would not work, and
eventually all the time. That works out fine!

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Old December 26th 09, 02:26 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Dave \Crash\ Dummy
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Default Adobe flash and windows 7

Dumby Bunny wrote:
I have just installed Windows 7, 64 bit, and when I go to load a
jigsaw from www.jigzone.com it tells me that my computer is not able
to handle the flash applets required to do this. A Google search
seems to indicate that Adobe have yet to overcome the problem I am
having. Is this correct or has anyone a solution to offer me please?

To confirm what others have said, I have Windows 7 Ultimate x64, and I
just loaded and worked a puzzle at that site using 32 bit IE8:
(C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe)
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