Will Macromedia Flash ever run with Vista?

[Daddy Tadpole]

You can't access the content of numerous sites without the Flash plugin for
your navigator.

Flash doesn't work for me, nor for numerous other contributors to various
forums. Too bad for sites that are trying to sell me something.

The Adobe site says Flash doesn't always work with Vista. They propose
various kludgy solutions that don't work either.

I guess everyone is just getting used to industry-standard applications that
don't work.

Regards

 

[On the Bridge]

Flash and vista iE7 did have some problems.. but now they are all resolved
with the new player

If you use firefox Flash works always...

 

[Dave]

You can't access the content of numerous sites without the Flash plugin
for your navigator.

Flash doesn't work for me, nor for numerous other contributors to various
forums. Too bad for sites that are trying to sell me something.

The Adobe site says Flash doesn't always work with Vista. They propose
various kludgy solutions that don't work either.

I guess everyone is just getting used to industry-standard applications
that don't work.

Regards

Post some urls' that don't work for you. So we can tell if it's Flash or
your system.

 

[S.SubZero]

This is all strange and new information for me.

First off, Flash is a browser plugin. It shouldn't care what the OS
is. It should care what the browser is. So the OS is irrelevant.

Secondly, there is no 64-bit Flash. So if you're talking about 64-bit
Vista with 64-bit IE7, then no, Flash won't work. Mind you, there is
no Flash player, at all, for *any* 64-bit browser on *any* platform.
Yes this means Linux too.

Third, Flash has no reason not to work in IE7 32-bit on Vista. The
only mention I see at Adobe's site of Vista-specific issues involve
UAC, which can be resolved by installing with "Run As Administrator".
Note that Flash on Linux won't exactly let you install most plug-ins
in the browser without authenticating against root, so this is not so
much a Vista problem as the installer just wanting permissions it
doesn't know how to ask for. Newer versions, of course, resolve this
issue.

I don't use 32-bit IE7 for my normal browsing, but I always fall back
on it for the inevitable Youtube or other Flash link. It's absolutely
never given me a problem in Windows, in any version.

 

[On the Bridge]

First off, Flash is a browser plugin. It shouldn't care what the OS

is. It should care what the browser is. So the OS is irrelevant.

You dont know what you are talking about! this is absolute POS!

Secondly, there is no 64-bit Flash. So if you're talking about 64-bit
Vista with 64-bit IE7, then no, Flash won't work. Mind you, there is
no Flash player, at all, for *any* 64-bit browser on *any* platform.
Yes this means Linux too.

In linux you have the alterinative GNASH player that can be compiled and it
works with 64 bit.
Oh its open source too! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash

Third, Flash has no reason not to work in IE7 32-bit on Vista.

Well you are a newbie... Vista had big problems with flash player, this
newsgroup was plagued by hundreds of people asking for help about this..
luckily I was here to help them




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash

 

[Dick Hurtz]

This is all strange and new information for me.

First off, Flash is a browser plugin. It shouldn't care what the OS
is. It should care what the browser is. So the OS is irrelevant.

Secondly, there is no 64-bit Flash. So if you're talking about 64-bit
Vista with 64-bit IE7, then no, Flash won't work. Mind you, there is
no Flash player, at all, for *any* 64-bit browser on *any* platform.

And that is total crap. The lack of plugins for the 64 bit browsers is
inexcusable. I have emailed Adobe repeatedly, excoriating them for this
failure. Maybe if they got 10,000 similar emails they'd get off their asses
and write some code. It cant be that hard.

 

[Mark R. Cusumano]

When I try to go to www.wendys.com I am told:

Wendys.com uses a version of the Flash plugin that may not match the current
version on your computer. Please update your Flash plugin now:

telling me I need Flash 7.0 or greater. I have 9.0.115. I get this message
on some sites and others the flash player works flawlessly. YouTube give me
no problems whatsoever and Adobe reports the player is installed correctly.

 

[Steve]

Since the "get ready for SP1" update I have had trouble with Flash on many
sites.

Not sure what download caused the trouble since I got 13 or 14 the same
night..

I have Vista home Premium 32 bit, 2gb ram and a nvidea 8800gtx. All
drivers/software are current.

 

[S.SubZero]

You dont know what you are talking about! this is absolute POS!

I know of gnash, and I did not mention gnash, because I am talking
about Adobe Flash Player.

Gnash however is still in a very early phase, and as such it's support
for files typically played in Flash Player isn't perfect. Their own
current FAQ has a section entitled "Why doesn't Gnash work with
YouTube?" Regardless of how old the FAQ is, this is the capability
many normal people want in a Flash player, and if gnash cannot do it,
they (and I) do not want it. Seeing as there's no development being
done on a Windows version, the point is moot, since that means it
can't run on IE7-64bit or Windows Firefox 64-bit.

Well you are a newbie... Vista had big problems with flash player, this
newsgroup was plagued by hundreds of people asking for help about this..
luckily I was here to help them

I bet the vast, vast majority of people who didn't have any problems
installing Flash Player, never posted asking for help with it. I was
also here well over a year ago and I don't remember "hundreds of
people" having Flash problems. But then again, it's not like the
Vista upgrades were smooth sailing on many fronts.

I had no problems installing Flash Player in Vista a year ago.

 

[S.SubZero]

And that is total crap. The lack of plugins for the 64 bit browsers is
inexcusable. I have emailed Adobe repeatedly, excoriating them for this
failure. Maybe if they got 10,000 similar emails they'd get off their asses
and write some code. It cant be that hard.

I hear you. The fact that Vista 64-bit has been out for over a year,
XP64 for what is going to be it's THIRD year, and Linux for about as
long, without even any kind of BETA for a 64-bit Flash Player is just
plain pathetic. It ain't like they are coding an OS or something,
it's a damn browser plugin.

Oh and I'll call your 10,000 and raise you 4000.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?lin64swf

 

[On the Bridge]

you are more stupid than I originally thought.. wow and that's not easy!

whoever started live messenger and received a wink, or the other party had a
animated display picture,
it prompted them to install flash, the link given was to a site from
Microsoft that installed an old version of Flash... wait....
there is more to this but you bore me so that I wont sit here and tell you
about the MANY problems with Vista and flash..

do a Google search you will find out what you are so blindly ignoring..

 

[Guest]

Runs Fine Here, Just FYI. Currently Running An MSDN Evaluation Copy Of
Windows Vista Service Pack One Enterprise Edition, Just FYI.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

That site works fine for me. Try uninstalling any Flash versions you have,
then reinstall direct from the Adobe web site with the latest version.

 

[Xenomorph]

Flash has always worked with Vista

I have never heard of ANY issue running Flash under Vista.

 

[Steve]

It hasn't always worked with Vista.

There were troubles in the beginning and I suspect the trouble that some of
us are having now stem from the recent updates required for the release of
SP1 and specific hardware/driver configurations.

I am certain that this will get fixed so long as folks go to Adobe and let
them know there is a problem. May even take care of itself with SP1 being
released in a few weeks.

 

[Colon Terminus]

You can't access the content of numerous sites without the Flash plugin
for your navigator.

Flash doesn't work for me, nor for numerous other contributors to various
forums. Too bad for sites that are trying to sell me something.

The Adobe site says Flash doesn't always work with Vista. They propose
various kludgy solutions that don't work either.

I guess everyone is just getting used to industry-standard applications
that don't work.

Regards

Flash is NOT industry standard.
Flash is proprietary.

 

[Xenomorph]

Again, I had no idea there was ever an issue with Flash and Vista.

I've been using Flash under Vista without issue since mid 2006. It's going
on 2 years of using Flash under Vista.

Now, I've only used Flash under Firefox and IE7, so if there is some other
configuration you're talking about, then again I have no idea about it.

 

[Daddy Tadpole]

Flash is NOT industry standard.
Flash is proprietary.

So is Adobe Acrobat. Industry standards are created by industry. These
things become industry standard by means of clever marketing in the
corporate sector, with givaways like Acrobat Reader that everyone can have.

There would be no objection at all if Adobe's giveaways were a bit more
reliable and hassle-free than the average corporate package. Example: for
many years I have used Acrobat at work (big multinational company) and at
home, and with XP it hangs at least once every day.

Regards

 

[Mark R. Cusumano]

Alas, been there, done that, got the T-Shirt. I even used their uninstall
tool to make sure it was uninstalled properly. It's just weird.

That site works fine for me. Try uninstalling any Flash versions you
have, then reinstall direct from the Adobe web site with the latest
version.

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When I try to go to www.wendys.com I am told:

Wendys.com uses a version of the Flash plugin that may not match the
current version on your computer. Please update your Flash plugin now:

telling me I need Flash 7.0 or greater. I have 9.0.115. I get this
message on some sites and others the flash player works flawlessly.
YouTube give me no problems whatsoever and Adobe reports the player is
installed correctly.

 

[Steve]

Many folks had trouble in the beginning. I've had Vista since a month after
release myself. Had to go to the folder on my PC where Flash Player was
located and then right click > run as administrator to get it to work right
back then.

I also use IE7, but Flash Player does not work for me on the page original
poster linked. I tried an uninstall and then reinstall both normally and as
administrator. Neither worked.

Configuration can include lots of things I would think. Hardware and
drivers in combination with the pre SP1 patch may be the problem. The
reason I think this is that Flash Player worked every where for me before
that and now it doesn't work on some sites.

It certainly is not uncommon for many folks to have trouble with a given
program and many to have it work just fine.