Flash player

[TeeJay3800]

I recently tried to upgrade my installation of Flash on my Windows 2000 machine, but it doesn't work at all (10.1 is XP+). FileHippo only has 10.1 Final and the 10.1 RCs, but I need something prior to 10.1 for it to work. Does anyone know where I can grab the older, compatible version of Flash?

[kroozer]

Go here for v 9.

[hazelnut]

Which version did you have previously TeeJay?

 

According to the system requirements 10.1 should work on 2000

 

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/

 

(however it is adobe we are talking about here )

[TeeJay3800]

Which version did you have previously TeeJay?

 

According to the system requirements 10.1 should work on 2000

 

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/

 

(however it is adobe we are talking about here )

You know, I actually have no idea what I had installed previously. I know it was the latest non-RC version 10 though. Yeah you're right that it should work on 2000, but Opera gives me an error every time I visit a flash site.

[pwillener]

Did you uninstall your old Flash Player before installing 10.1?

 

If not, download the uninstaller from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html, then run it while no browsers are running.

 

Next reinstall it; download it from this page http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html - again make sure that no browser is running.

 

Flash Player 10.1.53.64 works perfectly fine on my Windows 2000 machine.

[TeeJay3800]

Did you uninstall your old Flash Player before installing 10.1?

 

If not, download the uninstaller from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html, then run it while no browsers are running.

 

Next reinstall it; download it from this page http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html - again make sure that no browser is running.

 

Flash Player 10.1.53.64 works perfectly fine on my Windows 2000 machine.

I followed those instructions to a "T" and still got the attached error. Maybe I should take this to the Opera forums.

[fireryone]

I did a clean install but had issues with flash videos artifacting on one site (both IE and FF) so I've backdated as well .

 

I still had an older installer hanging around so currently running, according to the version test http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html

10.0.22.87

 

I will have to test later with newer versions and see what happens.

[abu aufa]

I followed those instructions to a "T" and still got the attached error. Maybe I should take this to the Opera forums.

Flash player and Shockwave player are different. It seems your SW plugin corrupted.All you have to do is reinstall it.

 

http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

 

test your installation,here

 

Opera kb

 

good luck

Edited June 16, 2010 by abu aufa

[TeeJay3800]

Flash player and Shockwave player are different. It seems your SW plugin corrupted.All you have to do is reinstall it.

 

http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

 

test your installation,here

 

Opera kb

 

good luck

I know the error message mentioned Shockwave, but that's confusing because I've never had Shockwave installed on this computer and the sites where I get the error contain Flash content, not SW. I didn't get this error until I upgraded Flash to the latest version. Why the Opera error message mentions Shockwave is a mystery.

[Aethec]

The NPAPI (aka : plugin for non-IE browsers) Flash's name is "Shockwave Flash". Why ? Because Adobe are idiots, I think.

[Anomaly]

The NPAPI (aka : plugin for non-IE browsers) Flash's name is "Shockwave Flash". Why ? Because Adobe are idiots, I think.

 

You are correct they are idiots. Most of their software is bloated crap but that is expected from idiots.

[ishan_rulz]

You are correct they are idiots. Most of their software is bloated crap but that is expected from idiots.

 

Have you checked if it works in any other Browser like Firefox? If it does, then its Opera - related.

 

Do a clean install. Just in case, install their Shockwave Player as well!

[ishan_rulz]

You are correct they are idiots. Most of their software is bloated crap but that is expected from idiots.

 

Not really, I like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Illustrator, After Effects. Though, they CAN work on reducing the size!

[TeeJay3800]

Have you checked if it works in any other Browser like Firefox? If it does, then its Opera - related.

I tested it in Firefox and got the exact same error! It sounds like it's a compatibility problem between Flash and my system, but I don't know what that could be. It's just a regular, fully-patched Windows 2000 installation.

[Anomaly]

Have you checked if it works in any other Browser like Firefox? If it does, then its Opera - related.

 

Do a clean install. Just in case, install their Shockwave Player as well!

 

I haven't tried the new version of Flash as of yet. Too buggy. I will wait until it's stable before updating like I do with every other program I use. I'm not a lab rat so I don't rush and update every time one is released. I let the people who are suckers for punishment jump on to each and every update and bork their systems. Than when the bugs are worked out I update.

[pwillener]

The NPAPI (aka : plugin for non-IE browsers) Flash's name is "Shockwave Flash". Why ? Because Adobe are idiots, I think.

Both Flash / Flash Player & Shockwave / Shockwave Player were developed by Macromedia, and they have named it that way.

[pwillener]

I followed those instructions to a "T" and still got the attached error. Maybe I should take this to the Opera forums.

I found the same problem with Opera and the new Flash Player in the Adobe Flash Player forum. Since I do not know Opera, I've sent some of the affected users to the Opera forum. I think you may find some topics over there.