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Question : Flash player will not work in IE6
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I am running win xp media with IE6. Recently my flash player stopped working and my home page recommended that I upgrade my flash player, I did this to no avail. I have tried using the unistaller and then re installing but it still doesn't work. I have all of the options set exactly like my laptop(which works fine). I have checked my norton internet security settings and I think they are right. At one point I was on the adobe site and it told me I didn't have the right access to load this, I am set up as administrator. I also looked at the registry and there are what appears to be 9 flash entries. Please help.
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Answer : Flash player will not work in IE6
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Its because of the June updates and Bill gates
Internet Explorer ActiveX update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945
Is your java installed ? Check your advanced settings in IE6 set them to defaults.
Allow cookies. Set the security for the internet to medium.
Test your java
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
This is a copy of the body of an email I sent out to my friends explaining what it is:
This the intro page:
http://www.updatexp.com/june-2006-updates.html
Microsoft issues its security patches on the second Tuesday of every month and the June 2006 update will be the biggest for more than a year!
This is because Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also the fallout of a legal case that the software maker lost - See my article KB912945 - Before now, users could choose to apply this change to their browser, but this June 2006 update makes it mandatory...
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detailed here:
http://www.updatexp.com/kb912945.html
This change is due to a patent suit brought against Microsoft by a company named Eloas. The name is an acronym for "Embedded Object Links Across Systems." Basically, Eloas claims to own (along with the University of California) the patent for the technology that allows browsers to automatically launch external files like Flash, RealPlayer, MP3, and PDF.
By applying Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX update - KB912945 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, changes will occur in the behaviour of Java applets or ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer 6.1
This basically means this "non security" patch KB912945 will see users NOT being able to "directly interact" with ActiveX controls loaded by the APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT elements.
This includes:
Adobe Reader PDF documents in a webpage
Apple QuickTime Player - Video and Audio on webpages
Macromedia Flash Player - Video and Audio on webpages
Microsoft Windows Media Player Video and Audio on webpages
Real Networks RealPlayer - Video and Audio on webpages
Sun Java Virtual Machine External software that runs in IE
...AFTER the update KB912945 is installed you cannot interact with ActiveX controls from Web pages until these controls are enabled. To enable an ActiveX control, you will have to MANUALLY click the control - not a huge issue, just a pain to have to click the screen BEFORE it will work.
An Example?
An example of the update KB912945 in action will be trying to watch a Flash or Windows Media VIDEO in a webpage.
Before the update you would have just loaded the page and clicked the play button.
With the update installed you will now have to activate the video by clicking on it first THEN hitting the play button to watch it.
This is a real pain in the butt!
but Microsoft had no choice as the company suing them wanted a royalty payment every time a user used their patent
this would have cost Microsoft a yearly multi-million dollar payout.
Whilst this patch is not currently critical, after June 2006 Microsoft will be trying to make sure ALL users have it installed.
You can read more here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945
This will also effect websites with Flash and DHTM navigation and some IE 6.1 keyboard controls too!
Are You A Web Developer?
There are also techniques that Web developers can use to update their Web pages:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
If YOU use video/audio/flash on your website there is also a simple trick you can use to bypass this issue for your website visitors. It involves using JavaScript and you can get the code for FREE here:
http://www.fastobjectfix.com
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