not very technically proficient - new Adobe download stops videos

[rurallib]

I just installed a new Adobe flash-player plug-in and Adobe Flash-player Active X.
Now about half the videos I go to come up with an error.
I also just downloaded the newest firefox to see if that would remedy the situation, but no

I am fairly technically incompetent - any help?

[amerciti001]

1. what version of IE that you are using

if you're use IE 7 or earlier, this may cause a problem. Also, make sure you're up to date on Windows Media Player(media player 11). If this doesn't resolve the issue try VLC Media Player-http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

[Make7]

2. There are three things that I've found normally fix flash player problems.

1. Toggling the Hardware Acceleration settings of the player;
2. completely uninstalling Flash, rebooting, and then reinstalling Flash;
3. reverting to a previous version by uninstalling, rebooting, and installing an older version.

The first two are not too difficult technically speaking, in fact this Hulu help page outlines what to do:

   http://www.hulu.com/support/article/166614#support-article

Option three is somewhat confusing because of the way Adobe organizes their Flash archives - usually you have to download a fairly large zip file and find the actual version you need inside that to install. So I would suggest trying the first two options and if they don't seem to rectify the situation, reply for more guidance on the third if you want to try that.

[grok]

3. Make7 makes a serious point

about hardware acceleration. Particularly if you have older hardware. You may have to consider getting a newer video driver specific to your video card.

As versions of Adobe flash evolve, they are not always forgiving of legacy video hardware. Try playing flash files using a lower resolution that is not HD.

One thing i do at times is increase storage size in the adobe settings.

[Go Vols]

4. the latest adobe flash player

I installed would quit on youtube type vids and streaming radio was killed too on a fast Win7 machine.

Uninstalled latest and went back to 10.xxx and all is well again.

This was on firefox,flash played on chrome with the latest update just fine.

[rurallib]

5. I have no idea how to go back to the old flash player

One peron described doing so above and i don't feel comfortable trying it.
Have been using chrome and IE as a sub right now.
Firefox seems unstable anymore.

[grok]

6. old flash players are here....

http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php

good site for for old drivers and applications. keep in mind some old apps have security issues.

the two ways to remove the previous versions are

a: from firefox Tools->add-ons->plugins just disable the one you don't like. you don't actually have to remove. Personally, i have several versions of the same plugin(not flash btw) and only have one enabled. firefox will probably have to be restarted afterwards.

b: from control-panel>applications and programs>remove-button.

[rurallib]

7. thank you very much