If I can "Always trust...", why can't I "Never trust..."

[Pekka Siiskonen]

IE consistently wishes me to install Macromedia Flash player, but do not
wish to have it, as I hate to view flashing advertisements while trying to
read something next to it (e.g. Yahoo mail).

Why IE6 gives me a chance to:

"Always trust Macromedia..."

but not:

"Never trust Macromedia..."

pekka

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

IE consistently wishes me to install Macromedia Flash player, but do not
wish to have it, as I hate to view flashing advertisements while trying to
read something next to it (e.g. Yahoo mail).

Why IE6 gives me a chance to:

"Always trust Macromedia..."

but not:

"Never trust Macromedia..."

pekka

What happens if you have it installed but disabled?
E.g. in XPsp2 use its Manage Add-ons tool (in IE, press Alt-T,A)
or use a tool such as BHODemon to do the same thing.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Jon Kennedy]

Not installing or uninstalling Flash will probably lead you to getting
install prompts at lots of sites that use it. So, disabling it might be a
better route. Here are a couple utilities to do this:

Flash Toggler -
http://download.softpedia.ro/software/OS ENHANCE/SetupFlashToggler.exe -
puts an icon in your systray to enable/disable flash with a click. (Sorry -
author's site has been down awhile, had to find this via another source)
TurnFlash - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/tflash2.html
Flash and Pics Control -
http://www.unhsolutions.com/Flash-and-Pics-Control/index.html - also
disables images on a site for even faster downloading.
FlashSwitch - http://www.flashswitch.com/