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Firefox says I need to update Microsoft silverlight to version 5.1.40905.0 when that version is only available for OS X and I'm on Windows.

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Today, Firefox says I need to update Microsoft Silverlight to version 5.1.40905.0. When I head over to the Silverlight site, it says version 5.1.40728.0 is the correct version of Microsoft Windows versions. After doing a little more digging, I found there IS a higher version number, but it's only available for Mac OS X (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3099529). Can we get this fixed, please?

Firefox: 41.0.1 OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 SL: 5.1.40728.0

Today, Firefox says I need to update Microsoft Silverlight to version 5.1.40905.0. When I head over to the Silverlight site, it says version 5.1.40728.0 is the correct version of Microsoft Windows versions. After doing a little more digging, I found there IS a higher version number, but it's only available for Mac OS X (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3099529). Can we get this fixed, please? Firefox: 41.0.1 OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 SL: 5.1.40728.0

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Sorry for the inconvenience, this is a known error in our plugin check database and we are working on it.

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Sorry for the inconvenience, this is a known error in our plugin check database and we are working on it.

NickSh
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Tyler Downer said

Sorry for the inconvenience, this is a known error in our plugin check database and we are working on it.

I appreciate it. :D