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When I installed erverything at first I could play youtube for like a day and then suddendly it tells me to install flash and I cant since it says that its not supported on 64bit. so now I cant watch any videos online.. any tips?

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theres a 32bit version of internet explorer included on the windows7 install that should let you install flash player

Reply to will_chellam

Yup, currently Adobe has released a beta 64bit player plugin for Linux only. So you have to use the 32bit plugin, which means you must use the 32bit browser. So under Vista x64 and Win7 x64, you will have to use the 32bit version of IE or whatever other browser you are using. Adobe has been promising us 64bit Flash since XP-64 came out. It looks like they are getting there, but still haven't released anything for non-Linux 64bit yet. You could also check compatibility info over here at the Microsoft TechNet Springboard:
http://tinyurl.com/832nco
or you could try the official Windows 7 RC Support Forum located here:
http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5

Reply to DataCabbitKSW

Is Firefox x64 or x32?, specifically 3.5b99

Reply to JDogg

"Firefox" is 32 bit. If you want/need the 64 bit Mozilla browser, it's name is 'Minefield'.

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Reply to Scotteq

yep using firefox atm and for some odd reason after i installed firefox i can play videos on youtube also on my regular ie. mmmh weird

Reply to kal20mx

Scotteq wrote :

"Firefox" is 32 bit. If you want/need the 64 bit Mozilla browser, it's name is 'Minefield'.

Nope - Minefield is a nightly build of 32 bit FF.

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Reply to cjl

cjl wrote :

Nope - Minefield is a nightly build of 32 bit FF.

I found this site http://www.mozilla-x86-64.com/, might be of use to somebody, but if Flash doesn't work on 64bit browsers, there's really no point.

Reply to JDogg

Mozilla Firefox has worked for me. When I was asked to download the plugins - I was given the option of Windows version - or other version. I'm using Win 7 RC 64 bit - and haven't had a problem with videos on iexplorer or Mozilla Firefox.

Reply to JessieJ

Don't confuse a 64bit OS with a 64Bit application.
Any 32bit app can still run on a 64bit OS, but IE8 has a 64Bit version that is the default in Win7.
Firefox is 32bit, so of course Flash will install properly. If you look in the program list for Win7 you will see 2 versions of IE8, 64 and 32 bit. Run the 32bit version and install Flash, then you will be able to see flash video.

Just think of it this way, the OS is the plate and the application is the food. You are using a big plate but the waiter can only bring you small portions of Flash on a saucer.

Message edited by cimtaurus on 06-16-2009 at 02:36:49 PM

Reply to cimtaurus

On my windows 7, even with the 32bit internet explorer 8, flash still wouldn't instal. flash gave "operating system error" and wouldn't instal.

On the other hand, Chrome works just fine and I'm guessing firefox is great too.

Reply to videodood

No problems at all with IE 8 32-bit and Flash under Windows 7 for me.

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Reply to Zoron

Wierd. Installed Windows 7 last night and haven't even touched the IE8 thats there and Flash works great for me.

What build do you have BTW? Might be that causing the problem....

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Reply to jimmysmitty

I like to use Opera for most of my browsing, for the sites that will not work I switch up to Firefox and as the very last resort (and only for banking) I will kick on IE...

This cuts down on the amount of crap I have to deal with.

Another I do right after I install or work on a machine is install a hosts file from here.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Happy surfing

Opera works with youtube just fine it will ask you to download the flash player plug in.

Message edited by JonathanDeane on 09-12-2009 at 06:17:35 AM

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