Pre Flash Installation Questions

patmac · Jul 13, 2007

Hi,
My son wants to install Macromedia ( now Adobe I guess ) Flash Player on the family system, but I have a few questions first.
What is it and are there any vulnerabilites present with it?
I have Win XP Home SP2. All Windows updates, Windows firewall, as well as a router. I use AVG, Spybot and Ad-aware regularly. Also, we always face the web on a restricted account.
Will Flash work from the restricted account, if installed on the Admin account?
Any insight will be appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
patmac

tecknomage · Jul 13, 2007

NOTE: Adobe is the parent company for Macromedia, also for Adobe Acrobat & Dreamweaver product lines.

Flash Player is safe and even required by some utilities, like NERO.

CAUTION: Do not install extras that you are prompted for, some can be a problem. Just install Flash Player for now.

Augie65 · Jul 13, 2007

Flash Player is not a desktop application at this time. It is a web player that is used in your browser as a plugin. You need it to see videos on some sites like youtube. It is also used for some games and ads on the web. You need to install it with administrator account. If you have access to the browser, flash should play.

patmac · Jul 14, 2007

Please don't laugh at this one, but we can view videos on YouTube, does that mean we already have Flash? And THANKS for the replies!

Augie65 · Jul 14, 2007

Test installation and your version of Flash Player.

patmac · Jul 15, 2007

Hold the phone! I've just been notified that I have been requesting info on the wrong thing. My questions are really related to Flash, the whole program, not the "player". I guess it's the app that creates flash media. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks again for your time.

patmac · Jul 17, 2007

Hi, I asked the wrong question in first post...hope I can restart this thread..Thanks

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