Flash player

[phubaijoe]

Attempting to upgrade to newest flash player.  I'm on AOL and use windows XP.  During the download, I receive an error message telling me to make sure that I "am connected to the internet".

I am.  What gives?

I did uninstall an earlier version of flash player but that did nothing,

A suggestion to disable my anti-virus was made but I'm not sure how to do that and then re-install it.

A lttle help, please?

[_maria_]

Hi phubaijoe,

Can you please provide a screenshot of the error dialog?

What is your internet connection type (dsl, cable, etc) and download speed?

Thank you.

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Maria

[phubaijoe]

Maria,

I don't know what a screenshot is. Weekly, it seems that Adobe sends me a

notice suggesting updating. It is then (while on line) that I try to

upgrade. A small box appears stating "An error has occurred while downloading

the installer. Please make sure you are connected to the internet and try

again."

I am on time warner cable, but i don't know what my download speed is.

Joe

In a message dated 10/26/2011 3:43:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

forums@adobe.com writes:

Re: Flash player

created by mvargas_ (http://forums.adobe.com/people/m_vargas) in

Installing Flash Player - View the full discussion

(http://forums.adobe.com/message/3991934#3991934)

[_maria_]

Hi Joe,

The information you provided is helpful.  This is the auto-update mechanism, which appears to be timing out during the download.

You indicate that you are using AOL, however, Adobe no longer supports Flash Player on AOL browser (refer to Flash Player 11 tech specs).  You can either use a supported browser, and install the latest Flash Player 11, or use Flash Player 10.3.183.10, which contains the latest security updates included in the Flash Player 11 release. 

If you do not have Flash Player 10.3.183.10, you can download it directly from here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/889580.

Before installing, it is recommend to first uninstall the currently installed version, and then install the latet 10.3 version.

The uninstaller is posted here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html.

Adobe will continue to release security updates for Flash Player 10.3 for a specific time frame.  When new versions are available, visit http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer to install the latest release.  Due to the implementation of the auto-update mechanism, if a version lower than the most current version (in this case FP 11.0.1.152) is installed, the update notification will display, until the latest version is installed.  To disable the update notification, follow the instructions posted here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/713/a7138026.html.

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Maria

[TexasRock]

Hi Joe

Best not to try to go higher than Smash Plug-in version 10.3.183.10 - even with that I get jerky playback which is, I presume, all about the damned thing trying to talk to Adobe HQ even when off-line. Quite why there isn't someone else we can use rather than Adobe ... I ain't going to use 11. The security issues with 10 are bad enough.

My sister's machine is no longer supported by Adobe (where do they get the right to do that ?)

If you can use anything else then do so

TR