How Do I Turn On Java or Flash To Watch Googlevideo?

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Danno

Hello,

Only yesterday my computer was working really well and I was able to watch
youtube videos or google video. And today my computer is still working
really well except......

...... today when I try to watch a Youtube video, I'm getting the message:
"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's
Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

I have the newest version of Flash player, so I'm sure it's just a
permission I have to tweak in "internet options". But for the life of me I
can't find which one it is.

Can someone please help direct me to the proper settings?

Thanks for your help!

Danno
 
Download and run the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157

or direct download:

Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe

Close all IE windows and run the Flash Player Uninstaller.

Then visit:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

and click on "Install Now".


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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Hello,

Only yesterday my computer was working really well and I was able to watch
youtube videos or google video. And today my computer is still working
really well except......

...... today when I try to watch a Youtube video, I'm getting the message:
"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's
Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

I have the newest version of Flash player, so I'm sure it's just a
permission I have to tweak in "internet options". But for the life of me I
can't find which one it is.

Can someone please help direct me to the proper settings?

Thanks for your help!

Danno
 
Thanks Carey, that sounded like a good fix. I clicked on the link you
provided and uninstalled flash player.

Then I clicked on the link to the Adobe site to re-install it, and when I
click the "Agree and Install" button, all I get is the little red "x" in the
upper left corner. I don't even get the warning about activex that usually
pops down. I don't know what's wrong because if I select to download
Adobe's Reader, or Shockwave, I could download either of those as usual.

Is there something wrong at Adobe's site (which I doubt) or more likely...
what's wrong with my settings that I can't even download the Flash file?
Just to test things out, I went to download.com and I could download
anything from there.

Please let me know what you think.
 
Troubleshoot Adobe Flash Player installation for Windows
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19166&sliceId=2

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

---------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks Carey, that sounded like a good fix. I clicked on the link you
provided and uninstalled flash player.

Then I clicked on the link to the Adobe site to re-install it, and when I
click the "Agree and Install" button, all I get is the little red "x" in the
upper left corner. I don't even get the warning about activex that usually
pops down. I don't know what's wrong because if I select to download
Adobe's Reader, or Shockwave, I could download either of those as usual.

Is there something wrong at Adobe's site (which I doubt) or more likely...
what's wrong with my settings that I can't even download the Flash file?
Just to test things out, I went to download.com and I could download
anything from there.

Please let me know what you think.
 
Danno said:
Hello,

Only yesterday my computer was working really well and I was able to
watch youtube videos or google video. And today my computer is still
working really well except......

..... today when I try to watch a Youtube video, I'm getting the
message: "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old
version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.
Click to expand...

Perhaps you are running a program that has as one of its features a
Flash content blocker. For instance, SpywareBlaster has a feature called
Flash Killer. The good news is that this feature can be turned on *and*
off.

Personally, I like using TurnFlash, which is a quick way of enabling and
disabling Flash content:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/tflash2.html

It plays well with SpywareBlaster by the way.
 
Daaaaaaaaave!

You nailed it buddy!

Thank you so much. I forgot about Spyware Blaster because I had it running
in the background for so long I'd forgotten about it... until yesterday. I
opened it up just to refresh my memory what it was all about and I did
indeed hit the "kill" button for flash, although I apparently wasn't paying
attention.

So bottom line.... everything is working perfectly once more.

And I'll look into TurnFlash too. Thanks for that link.

I really appreciate your suggestion. A quick, easy fix.... tank you, tank
you!

Danno
 
You're welcome, Danno.

Danno said:
Daaaaaaaaave!

You nailed it buddy!

Thank you so much. I forgot about Spyware Blaster because I had it
running in the background for so long I'd forgotten about it... until
yesterday. I opened it up just to refresh my memory what it was all
about and I did indeed hit the "kill" button for flash, although I
apparently wasn't paying attention.

So bottom line.... everything is working perfectly once more.

And I'll look into TurnFlash too. Thanks for that link.

I really appreciate your suggestion. A quick, easy fix.... tank you,
tank you!

Danno
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