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Video won't play. No solution in forums. FF 12.0

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OldeGreyWoolf
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bold textIn the past few days I started getting an error when ever I tried to play a video. I'd get "an error has occurred, please try again later". I did, but I get the same error on all videos, regardless of location or topic.

To fix and troubleshoot, I tried disabling Real Player extension - no joy. I tried Safe Mode - no joy. I UNINSTALLED and REINSTALLED all of my Adobe apps with the most current versions (Reader, Air, Shockwave, Player,etc.) - no joy.

The only changes that have taken in place anywhere near the start of this issue are 25 Windows updates over the past 72 hours or so. All called "Security" or ":NET Framework" updates.

I am running Win 7 HP X64 on a HP Envy i7 laptop. Unless Youtube has done something to cause this, it almost has to be those Windows updates. Any solution? And why can't you make FF 12.0 compatible with Deng bookmarks and Real Player? All these FF update that turn off my favorite add-ons and and extensions are NOT welcomed! Can't you work out these issuye BEFORE you visit them on your users? Try working with these other providers, BEFORE publication. Bad form!

'''bold text'''In the past few days I started getting an error when ever I tried to play a video. I'd get "an error has occurred, please try again later". I did, but I get the same error on all videos, regardless of location or topic. To fix and troubleshoot, I tried disabling Real Player extension - no joy. I tried Safe Mode - no joy. I UNINSTALLED and REINSTALLED all of my Adobe apps with the most current versions (Reader, Air, Shockwave, Player,etc.) - no joy. The only changes that have taken in place anywhere near the start of this issue are 25 Windows updates over the past 72 hours or so. All called "Security" or ":NET Framework" updates. I am running Win 7 HP X64 on a HP Envy i7 laptop. Unless Youtube has done something to cause this, it almost has to be those Windows updates. Any solution? And why can't you make FF 12.0 compatible with Deng bookmarks and Real Player? All these FF update that turn off my favorite add-ons and and extensions are NOT welcomed! Can't you work out these issuye BEFORE you visit them on your users? Try working with these other providers, BEFORE publication. Bad form!

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Question: What do I do now that FF says I have a security problem due to not updating Flash?

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Stephenyoung
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I uninstalled Flash 11.3 restarted my computer and then installed 11.2 through the link to the zip file and things are working well. Thank you OldeGreyWoolf, your help and guidance are much appreciated!

Stephenyoung
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Question: What do I do now that FF says I have a security problem due to not updating Flash?

14lance
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Hello OldeGrayWoolf. It looks like Adobe screwed up RealPlayer in Firefox. Disabling the RealPlayer Browser Recorder though Firefox will not work. It must be done through the Microsoft program. I can watch videos again on Firefox. But what will happen to those of you who download videos??? I guess you will just have to READ on. Good Luck!

N2KISS
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having the same issue and the problem (on my end anyway) is isolated to Firefox.....I have also updated to the latest flash player, and Safari, IE, and Chrome all work perfectly fine.....Firefox is the only one I am having issues with, and it is the latest version of Firefox

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