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hotmail is not working because of a 'silverlight' issue. 'this page requires a newer version of silverlight. would you like to install it now?" WHAT IS SILVERLIGHT??? thanks.

mark.mcgaffey
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All of a sudden, I'm having a problem with my 'Hotmail' page, and this 'silverlight' plug-in/application. It keeps asking me to install/load it. I don't know why/what this 'silverlight' is... Thanks!

All of a sudden, I'm having a problem with my 'Hotmail' page, and this 'silverlight' plug-in/application. It keeps asking me to install/load it. I don't know why/what this 'silverlight' is... Thanks!

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Silverlight is Microsoft's answer to Flash.

Using the Silverlight plugin with Firefox | How to | Firefox Help

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Silverlight is Microsoft's answer to Flash.

Using the Silverlight plugin with Firefox | How to | Firefox Help

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Yay! Thanks.