There is a bug in the latest version of Flash, 8.0.24.0, which was made
available on March 14, 2006, following Macromedia/Adobe and Microsoft both
issuing a warning about a critical security flaw in version 8.0.22.0 and ALL
previous versions. The security flaw also affects Shockwave, which must be
updated, too.
The bug prevents Flash from working properly in any kind of Windows user
account other than an administrator. In WIN XP (Home) SP2 it will not work in
a so-called "Limited User" account; it is inoperative in any kind of
restricted user account in other versions of Windows.
This bug causes many web sites to lose part or all of their functionality,
especially anything that involves animation. Macromedia/Adobe are aware of
this problem but have not been able to produce a fix as of this time. They
posted a temporary fix involving a change in the permissions of a HKLM
registry key, but that has not fully solved the problem. (BTW you cannot
fully remove Flash 8 from the Add/Remove applet of the Control Panel. You
must download a special uninstaller from Macromedia.)
The word about the bug seems not to have spread too far yet, suggesting that
not very many people have downloaded the new version yet, or that a lot of
people are still ignoring the advice against surfing the web from accounts
with administrator privileges.
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WIN-XP(SP2)-Home
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