Re: FLASH: *WEIRD* ActiveX problem!

[Christopher Kloczko]

I was getting this same error on my new Windows NT machine, but it went away

after installing Shockwave plugin.


Chris


----- Original Message -----

From: "NetworkAuto" <

infonetworkauto [dot] com

>

To: <

flasherchinwag [dot] com

>

Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 1:59 PM

Subject: FLASH: *WEIRD* ActiveX problem!



> I'm having a very strange problem here. I've been using Flash for over a

> year now and I've never seen anything like this. Everything was fine until

a

> couple of days ago, but since yesterday whenever I go to ANY page with

flash

> embedded using IE I get a message stating that the page send potentially

> unsafe information to an ActiveX control and the contents may not display

> properly, and the flash content does not show up. It works fine with the

> plugin for netscape. I tried taking out the activex control and deleting

the

> driver, but it would not uninstall the swflash.ocx file due to some other

> error. I went to macromedias page to reintall the Flash Player from the

Web,

> I even tried reintalling Internet Explorer. The only thing I can think of

is

> either 1) Something got screwed up when I defragmented my hard drive the

> other day, or 2) when I installed Business Plan Pro software from Palo

Alto

> software the other day. I don't know why these actions would cause this

but

> I can't think of any other reason why my browser would just stop

recognizing

> Flash content. any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm about to

reformat

> my whole hard drive! Is this Y2K coming early or am I just missing

something

> simple?????

>

> Thanks,

>

> Tom Feiffer

>

tomnetworkauto [dot] com

>

>

>

> flasher is generously supported by...

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>   Streaming Media WEST '99 Conference & Exhibition

>   "The Worlds largest Internet Audio & Video Event"

>  December 7 - 9, San Jose Convention Center, California

>

> Reserve your space today at http://www.streamingmedia.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>   To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

>

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email helpchinwag [dot] com

>

>




flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Streaming Media WEST '99 Conference & Exhibition

  "The Worlds largest Internet Audio & Video Event"

 December 7 - 9, San Jose Convention Center, California


Reserve your space today at http://www.streamingmedia.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com