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YouTube/Flash nonsense

Posted: 2008-06-11 06:33pm
by 18-Till-I-Die
Yeah, so i go to YouTube to try and find some vidoes and it tells me that it cant play them because, either my Java scirpt is off or i dont havethe required Adobe (spell that right?) Flash player. Now, i just spent the last hour or so trying to GET the Flash player, in vain.

At first i did everything i could to try and download it, but it refused to do anything. Everytime i hit the download button it just refreshes the screen, or at least thats what appears to happen. So after fucking around i read that maybe i need to "uninstall" the old Adobe Flash player...ok, fair enough. So i download the uninstaller, because apparently a seperate programe is required to get rid of it, for some reason ( :roll: ) and then i THINK i uninstalled it but it offers so little evidence or information one way or the other i honestly cant tell. I went back and tried to download the Flash player again and...nothing, same as before.

So what the fuck is going on? I'm just hoping it's the Flash thing, because i have no idea what a Java script is or how to toggle it off and on, and even then i seem to be getting nowhere with the Adobe shit. Does anyone have any idea what the fuck is going on? I'm hoping it's something simple and easily fixed but i wouldnt know, as i'm utterly computer illiterate. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Posted: 2008-06-11 07:11pm
by Stile
Flash gets a little temperamental sometimes. I know it's a cliche but rebooting a few times seems to fix this problem. I've had this problem and my Mom's computer did the same thing and rebooting seemed to clear it up.

Posted: 2008-06-11 10:21pm
by Executor32
I've only had that happen once with YouTube, and I fixed it by refreshing the page.

Posted: 2008-06-11 10:31pm
by Vehrec
It ALWAYS happens to me when I go to look at big-name things on Youtube. Offical Music Videos and stuff get me the exact same error message you are talking about.

I've never figured out what is going on there.

Posted: 2008-06-12 03:17am
by 18-Till-I-Die
The problem has...somehow fixed itself...

I'm in the dark about it, but somehow the Flash player downloaded fine after i left it idling for a while :? .

Anyway, thank you guys, and now i cross my fingers and hope the Internet Gods don't get uppity again.