On 2/22/2009 8:12 AM, Red Bird wrote: > I downloaded the Flash Player uninstaller to the desktop and ran it. And > then I downloaded the Flash Player for Mozilla to the desktop. I closed > SeaMonkey and the Tash Manager showed nothing running. I ran the Flash > Player. I went to the www.USAToday.com site and a message said I needed > the Flash Player. I went to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash > The Flash Folder has the following in it. > Flash10a.ocx > Flashplayer.xpt > install.log > KB923789.inf > NPSWF32.dll > NPSWF32.dll > NPSWF32.dll.prebar > NPSWF32 Flashutil.exe (this shows a flash icon) > Uninstallplugin.exe > Can anyone see where I have made errors? Thanks.
First of all, on your menu bar select [Help > About Plugins]. Do you see Flash? Then use SeaMonkey to visit <http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/>. Do you pass the Flash installation test? If the answers to both questions is "Yes", then you have properly installed Flash. The message about needing the Flash player is often the result of the combination of two errors in the Web server. These are USAToday's problems, not yours. The first error is that the server is sniffing for what browser you are using by looking for "Firefox". If sniffing can be justified at all, the server should sniff for "Gecko". The second error is that the server has been coded to give the wrong response when sniffing fails to provide a recognized browser. Instead of telling you that you need IE or Firefox -- ignoring the fact that there are a number of other browsers in use -- it's telling you that you need Flash. The workaround for these problems is to spoof IE or Firefox. Spoofing methods have been thoroughly discussed in other threads in this newsgroup. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Go to Mozdev at <http://www.mozdev.org/> for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
