[thelist] Re: [MM-DW] Flash Player crashing browsers - any ideas?

[Sneezy]

Hi Sylvia,

You might check your version of DirectX. At Windows Update, 
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/, it should show as a non-critical 
update.

In my experience, if you have a problem with Windows software crashing, 
then upgrading the operating system from 2000 to XP would not do 
anything to correct this. From this experience, I typically format the 
drive and do a completely fresh install of XP. An upgrade in place 
sometimes introduces problems where custom software has replaced Windows 
DLLs with their custom DLLs.

--
Sneezy
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sneezypb/



Sylvia Braunstein wrote:

>This is what has been going on:
>
>On my brand new computer (with XP), Macromedia Flash Player is
>freezing and crashing all the browsers. We upgraded to XP from Win
>2000, precisely because of THAT Flash Player problem.
>
>Reinstalled audio and video drivers, flash.ocx, checked security/popup
>settings, you name it.
>
>I wrote to Macromedia and this is what they wrote back:
>
>"Support is discussing this with Player Engineering now, but we don't 
>have any firm handle on what it might be just yet. And I don't have an 
>ETA on when we might know what's going on.
>
>So for the immediate future your choices for Flash Player use are this:
>(NOTE: This is a temporary situation while we debug this issue! )
>
>1. Use IE without Flash.
>2. Use a different browser. All the non-IE browsers (FireFox, Netscape, 
>etc..) use the Flash Player plugin."
>
>Unfortunately, the Flash Player freezes and crashes the other browsers
>too (what is strange is that in Firefox some files run longer before
>they feeze while others are not displayed at all. In IE the same thing
>happens but not with the same files as Firefos and generally they
>freeze faster.)
>
>This has been going on for months now. On my computer at work, I don't
>have that problem.
>
>There is obviously a problem between the Flash Player and the Hardware.
>
>I am wondering if someone has a clue. I have been reading about
>software developpers, hardware engineers, all trying to find the
>answer.
>
>Meanwhile, no Flash Player. 
>
>Is there an alternative to Macromedia Flash Player?
>
>Has anyone on these forums experienced this problem? If yes, did they
>find a solution?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sylvia
>
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