TSGL: Flash in IE 6 or 7

[H Davis]

I agree with Russ. I just upgraded from Sun Java 1.4.2 to 1.5.0. I 
didn't have any problems but the new version was installed in \Program 
Files\Java in a new folder and the old version was not removed. As I 
said though everything seemed to work ok. I'll try uninstalling the old 
version later.

As I remember there have been lots of complaints about Flash. It doesn't 
show up in the add/remove list and I think I saw somewhere that 
Macromedia (now Adobe) has a special program you can download to remove 
old versions before installing the new ones. I installed the newest 
version (v 9.0.28.0) which went ok but I didn't explicitly uninstall the 
old ones. These old versions can be multiple and in several places, 
especially if you have multiple browsers.

Try running the Secunia Software Inspector. 
<http://secunia.com/software_inspector/?task=load> This will seek out 
insecure versions of several popular programs (MS, Adobe Reader, Flash 
Player, Quicktime, Realplayer, etc) giving you their version, location 
and the version of the latest secure download. It will find multiple 
copies of Flash if they exist and will even find them if they are 
renamed or in non-standard folders.

However, (there's always a however) Secunia needs the latest version of 
Java to run so you'll have to get that installed and working first.

HTH

H Davis



Russell W. Coover wrote:
> Deb, 
>
> I've had the same problem and the solution was, as Justin suggested, to go
> into Add/Delete and look for any and all installations of Java. Delete them,
> and then reinstall one of them.
>
> Russ
>
> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to wait
> until I return.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of The Computer Whisperer
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:24 PM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Flash in IE 6 or 7
>
> maybe you have 2 copies of the Javascript plug-in running, i remember it
> used to cause me immense frustration when it wouldnt' work...
>
> I think the first thing to try would be to uninstall both versions of
> Javascript/Flash and reinstall, if that is the cause.
>
> Regards,
>
> Justin
>
>   

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