When did Flash get bloated and can I go back.

I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

Is it sandboxed by your AV or something ?

Paul

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 02:12:37 -0500, wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

Get them from he

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/macromedia-flash-player/

Uninstall the new one, then install the old one.
Keep the old version in case you accidentally do an update and the update is
bad.

On 12/13/2015 11:12 PM, wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

The problem with old versions of flash is that they are susceptible to a
number of exploits, some of which can wreak serious harm to your computer.

I had a problem similar to yours a couple of years ago with my "TV
computer", and it turned out that reinstalling WinXP fixed the issue
(there was also an issue with a dodgy RAM slot as well). It is still
chugging along since then, and I always update the flash software to the
current version.

Jon

wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

It's likely that your browser will not allow Flash to run unless
it's the latest version.

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:36:47 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

It's likely that your browser will not allow Flash to run unless
it's the latest version.

I loaded 10.2 and Firefox was OL with it but I am still getting jumpy
playback with a 1.7gz P4 and a gig and a quarter of ram.
The sys requirements a quite a it less than that according to Adobe.

wrote:
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:36:47 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

It's likely that your browser will not allow Flash to run unless
it's the latest version.

I loaded 10.2 and Firefox was OL with it but I am still getting jumpy
playback with a 1.7gz P4 and a gig and a quarter of ram.
The sys requirements a quite a it less than that according to Adobe.

Flash is a real resource drag.
My last home system was similar to yours and had similar playback issues.

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:17:15 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:36:47 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

wrote:
I have an old laptop that has been sitting on my work bench for years,
connected to a TV (S-video) I have always used it to stream HBO go and
other TV. The last time I turned it on, I got the nag screen to update
Flash. After the update, streams slowed way down, to the point of
being unusable. I assume this has to be a flash thing. It must have
gotten bigger or something. I have another machine that did the same
thing.

It's likely that your browser will not allow Flash to run unless
it's the latest version.

I loaded 10.2 and Firefox was OL with it but I am still getting jumpy
playback with a 1.7gz P4 and a gig and a quarter of ram.
The sys requirements a quite a it less than that according to Adobe.

Flash is a real resource drag.
My last home system was similar to yours and had similar playback issues.

My problem is it used to work.
I am moving to another system with a little more horsepower