Internet Problems (video watching)

cellmass25 · 10-24-2007, 12:06 AM

OK maybe some of you more technical guys can help. I keep going to youtube trying to watch a video, and i get the same thing for every one, it says:

Hello, you either have ********** turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

Now ive downloaded the flash player.,....and then again. Nothing. Then i went into the java web site to see if i turned it off (which i never did) and i couldn't find anything. Someone wanna help me out!

cellmass25 · 10-24-2007, 12:19 AM

Noone knows how to fix this?

Shibumi · 10-24-2007, 12:21 AM

What version does it say when you go to the link below? Also, people might be able to help better if you say what browser you're using.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/

Canned · 10-24-2007, 12:35 AM

got the same problem a while ago
you need to uninstall flash and reinstall it

but to do this, you'll need to download the flash uninstaller utility then run it

available here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...nalId=tn_14157

cellmass25 · 10-24-2007, 02:27 AM

I have Internet explorer.

I also did wut canned said, uninstalled, reinstalled and then rebooted (version 9,0,47,0). Still shows the same thing. Maybe somehow its turned off? How would u turn it on then or would it be something else?

Thanks

Shibumi · 02:48 AM

Can you view embedded videos like the one below or do you just have trouble with the youtube site?

*edit

Also see the link below for making sure your javascr1pt isn't turned off:

http://www.google.com/support/youtub...69&topic=10563

*edit again

And also try the generic advice of clearing cache and cookies. Sometimes that actually helps.

Shibumi · 03:41 AM

Found a useful thread with a few more ideas in it:

http://tinyurl.com/2mabfs

The last few posts point to this announcement from YouTube:

Quote:

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
SYSTEM ALERT: Error: ********** turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player.

Users with ad-blocking software enabled may not be able to see videos due to a conflict with our flash detection code and may see this error; "Hello, you either have ********** turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player." Our engineers are working on resolving this issue as quickly as possible. In the mean time, you may want to temporarily disable ad-blocking in your browser or security software.

http://tinyurl.com/32w23v

Had to reform the URL's because the filter was removing javascr1pt from them

cellmass25 · 10-24-2007, 03:43 PM

1- my javascropt was turned on, and yes i could see embeded vids, its just youtube ones that i couldnt. i dont know about clearing the cookies tho cuz it says it will clear ur websites, and i have aa big list of favroites sites i dont want deleted.
Ill try wut shibumi says and shut off the popup blocker.

Thanks for the help, hope this works.

Phaedrus · 10-24-2007, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cellmass25

OK maybe some of you more technical guys can help. I keep going to youtube trying to watch a video, and i get the same thing for every one, it says:

Hello, you either have ********** turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

Now ive downloaded the flash player.,....and then again. Nothing. Then i went into the java web site to see if i turned it off (which i never did) and i couldn't find anything. Someone wanna help me out!

I had the same problem.

If you check the free application thread (sticky) there is a very good flash player listed.

The summary:

VLC Media Player - The best Video player on the internet period. You can do just about everything, watch just about every video and even rip Flash movies from the internet. It's a small download, very fast and doesn't waste your time, space or CPU with a bulky UI. You can even toss a DVD into your PC and stream it for everybody on your network. It really is the full package for free.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I got rid of adobe, and used this one instead and I have had no problems whatsoever.

If Java ****** is the problem, you can enable it from the following:

1) Go to tools
2) Internet options
3) Security tab
4) Make sure internet globe is highlighted
5) Click Custom level
6) Scroll towards the bottom and you will find "active scripting"
7) Click enable if it is disabled.