Flash player not being found AND linked new pages not opening

[Commish]

These 2 problems have just begun occurring a few days ago.
Am running Win XP Home and IE6.0 SP2. Norton Internet Security 2008
is updated and reads everything is clean.

Prob 1: When accessing any page calling for Flash, I'm being prompted
to install Flash. I have since uninstalled and re-installed Flash 9
and Shockwave... If I go to macromedia's page, I'm told 9,0,47,0 is
installed. The java site reads me as having the recommended
installation V6 Update2.

Prob 2: When clicking on any link which opens a new page, nothing
happens... either from an email or a web page. Links to a page that
replace my current page in IE work fine.

I've de-activated Norton & problem seems not to be there.

HELP please? Am not savvy so the simpler the better..
but any & all help appreciated.

TIA
Commish

 

[Nebulus]

These 2 problems have just begun occurring a few days ago.
Am running Win XP Home and IE6.0 SP2. Norton Internet Security 2008
is updated and reads everything is clean.

Prob 1: When accessing any page calling for Flash, I'm being prompted
to install Flash. I have since uninstalled and re-installed Flash 9
and Shockwave... If I go to macromedia's page, I'm told 9,0,47,0 is
installed. The java site reads me as having the recommended
installation V6 Update2.

Prob 2: When clicking on any link which opens a new page, nothing
happens... either from an email or a web page. Links to a page that
replace my current page in IE work fine.

I've de-activated Norton & problem seems not to be there.

HELP please? Am not savvy so the simpler the better..
but any & all help appreciated.

TIA
Commish

I'm not sure what the problem is with Flash, but if you want a clean
uninstall, try Adobe's Flash uninstaller:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157

As for the links not opening up, I had that problem after installing a
VERY old graphics app called MicroGrafx Picture Publisher. What
happens is that a registry entry gets messed up that allows links to
open in IE.

There is a tool they released, and I've kept it around because this
problem always seems to crop up from time to time. It's called
IERegFix, and you can download it here:
http://www.nebulus.org/download/IERegFix.zip

If you're insterested in seeing what entries it fixes, you can see the
log I captured from RegMon:
http://www.nebulus.org/download/IERegFix.txt

Hopefully that will solve the problem. Enjoy!

 

[Commish]

Many thanks!

Was able to repair both problems. The clean uninstall you recommended
did the trick on the flash.

Although IERegFix did not solve my new windows issue, I did find
success - oddly enough - on the following microsoft page:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

Your quick response much appreciated.

Best,
Commish