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  #1  
Old September 21st 17, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Flash Player

I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system

I also have

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional,
SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz
4GB RAM, 750 GB HD
System type : 64-bit operating system

and (external hard drives)

Seagate Backup Plus 1(TB) 2.5 USB Portable HD

WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200
RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive

My question involves the 8500; for some reason
my flash player no longer functions. I have
version 27.0.0.130 but isn't listed in the plugin's.

https://s26.postimg.org/l5ayh0kd5/plugins.jpg

I tried to download it but it failed twice. It
was working fine yesterday and today it doesn't
work. So what's going on and how do I activate
it?

Thanks,
Robert
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Old September 21st 17, 07:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Mark Twain wrote:
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
Ram 12.0 GB
System type : 64-bit operating system

I also have

I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional,
SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz
4GB RAM, 750 GB HD
System type : 64-bit operating system

and (external hard drives)

Seagate Backup Plus 1(TB) 2.5 USB Portable HD

WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200
RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive

My question involves the 8500; for some reason
my flash player no longer functions. I have
version 27.0.0.130 but isn't listed in the plugin's.

https://s26.postimg.org/l5ayh0kd5/plugins.jpg

I tried to download it but it failed twice. It
was working fine yesterday and today it doesn't
work. So what's going on and how do I activate
it?

Thanks,
Robert


You mean the ShockWave Flash entry ?

It's the third one in your picture.

1) Check the version info here. Using this, assumes you have
an existing version of Flash, and Flash Block isn't blocking it.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/

2) Try editing the following link, and modify the version value as appropriate.

http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flas...ash_player.exe

That file will work in Firefox and Seamonkey.

HTH,
Paul
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Old September 21st 17, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:54:21 -0700 (PDT), Mark Twain wrote:
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
and Windows firewall.

[snip]
My question involves the 8500; for some reason
my flash player no longer functions. I have
version 27.0.0.130 but isn't listed in the plugin's.

https://s26.postimg.org/l5ayh0kd5/plugins.jpg


What do you mean by not listed? It's listed as shown in your screenshot.

I tried to download it but it failed twice. It
was working fine yesterday and today it doesn't
work. So what's going on and how do I activate
it?


Check it from below page, at point #5.

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

If the flash animation doesn't play, it could be blocked or interferred by a
browser extension (e.g. adblocker, optimizer, speedup, etc.). So, if you
have one that may interfere, try disabling it.
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Old September 22nd 17, 04:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Flash Player

I didn't know that Shockwave Flash and Adobe
Flash player were one and the same.

I followed your instructions:

I checked the version and it gave me this which is
what I have been seeing.

https://s26.postimg.org/66uwt28jd/shockwave_flash_1.jpg

then it switched to this:

https://s26.postimg.org/7boyyfv09/shockwave_flash_2.jpg

When I tried to use Tinypic it gave me this:

https://s26.postimg.org/9k35fs249/shockwave_flash_4.jpg

and JJ's check #5 it shows this:

https://s26.postimg.org/f5pkju2t5/shockwave_flash_3.jpg

I then followed your link and downloaded version 27.0 but
it still isn't working. Should I change the setting of
Shockwave Flash to Always activate?

Thanks
Robert






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Old September 22nd 17, 04:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Flash Player

I'm not aware of any browser extension so
if there is one I wouldn't know where to
look for it. I usually don't mess around
with my system or add anything on my own.

Robert
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Old September 22nd 17, 06:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default O.T. Flash Player

Mark Twain wrote:
I didn't know that Shockwave Flash and Adobe
Flash player were one and the same.

I followed your instructions:

I checked the version and it gave me this which is
what I have been seeing.

https://s26.postimg.org/66uwt28jd/shockwave_flash_1.jpg

then it switched to this:

https://s26.postimg.org/7boyyfv09/shockwave_flash_2.jpg

When I tried to use Tinypic it gave me this:

https://s26.postimg.org/9k35fs249/shockwave_flash_4.jpg

and JJ's check #5 it shows this:

https://s26.postimg.org/f5pkju2t5/shockwave_flash_3.jpg

I then followed your link and downloaded version 27.0 but
it still isn't working. Should I change the setting of
Shockwave Flash to Always activate?

Thanks
Robert


In the last picture (recommended by JJ), it says to click activate.
Did you try that ?

Once the new version was installed, and assuming you were using
Firefox, it really should have worked. I thought as a rule, when
it installs, it should be activated at that point (as the plugin
checker in Firefox knows it is the current version).

I think even on a browser here, where I "turn off" Flash on purpose,
running the installer EXE for Firefox, turns that one back on again.
The act of installation, should be enough to activate it.

Other possibilities, are some new policies in Firefox. And I haven't
noticed any comments recently about "broken Flash" from people. I assume
what you're seeing isn't "normal".

Paul

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Old September 22nd 17, 02:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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Default O.T. Flash Player

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:35:48 -0700 (PDT), Mark Twain wrote:
Should I change the setting of Shockwave Flash to Always activate?


The default setting for plugins is "Always activate". According to the
screenshot in your initial post, Flash is set to "Ask to Activate". This
causes Flash to not automatically run and will require you to click on it if
you want it to run. IMO, Flash should be set to "Ask to Activate" when
privacy and/or security is a concern, or when the network is slow or limited
by a quota.

In your latter screenshots, the Flash content shows a "This site uses a
plugin that may slow Firefox". This is simply an additional message due to
the above "Ask to Activate" plugin setting. That message is not present on
Firefox v54, but present in v55.0.3 (and probably since v55).
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Old September 22nd 17, 06:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Flash Player

You and JJ are both correct. I went back and
changed it to 'always activate' and Adobe flash
player now functions again.

However, it now shows all of the plugins activated.

https://s26.postimg.org/d0wspboq1/always_activate.jpg

Should I change the Open H264 and Widevine content
to never activate or leave it as is?

Robert
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Old September 22nd 17, 06:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Mark Twain
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Default O.T. Flash Player

Nevermind,.. I just saw JJ's post of the default
setting's which I missed.

I want to thank both of you for your help.

Thanks,
Robert
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Old September 22nd 17, 10:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default O.T. Flash Player

In message , JJ
writes:
On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:35:48 -0700 (PDT), Mark Twain wrote:
Should I change the setting of Shockwave Flash to Always activate?


The default setting for plugins is "Always activate". According to the
screenshot in your initial post, Flash is set to "Ask to Activate". This
causes Flash to not automatically run and will require you to click on it if
you want it to run. IMO, Flash should be set to "Ask to Activate" when
privacy and/or security is a concern, or when the network is slow or limited
by a quota.


Or use Flashblock (or something similar), which presents a play button
in each place on the page where a flash would otherwise be playing. [I
don't know if Flashblock has transitioned to being a webby plugin.]

In your latter screenshots, the Flash content shows a "This site uses a
plugin that may slow Firefox". This is simply an additional message due to
the above "Ask to Activate" plugin setting. That message is not present on
Firefox v54, but present in v55.0.3 (and probably since v55).

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