explorer 6 will not allow flash

[panhand]

well this is my 3rd day trying to figure this out. i have been on the phone with adobe- earthlink - microsoft - and the geek squad
so i hope someone here can help
i have windows xp explorer 6 .. my computer is set for auto updates. i believe i caved and allowed some sort of additional upgrade through earthlink or exporer but not sure what. after that i could no longer view certain things.. for instance slide shows on myspace and avatars in yahoo messanger. i did figure out that is all run by adobe flash. it kept telling me to download it. i had no problems viewing these things before so i thought i already had flash.
i do. i tried taking it off and downloading again. it is on my computer ....
i downloaded mozilla and was able to view all the slides etc. so i know adobe flash is here. and it is in explorer. and the only link i have is the upgrade??? i have went through all my settings in tools internet options. i have enabled everthing possible... and shut down all pop up blockers i can find. i turned of spyware and norton and no help.
i was always able to run the flash with them before anyway.
i disabled all the add ons that mentioned active x i assume that is associated.
mind you i am just a woman who plays around here and do not have any tech background so i need help before i undo something ill be sorry for...

[BLiZZaRD]

You might already have.

I don't know what all those people have already told you or had you try, So we may be repeating a few things.

First, open your internet options and go through all the tabs and select the "restore defaults" or what ever it says (forgive me I have been with FF for a couple years now and I forget the IE lingo )

Now, a lot of this may be because of an Active X issue between EOLAS and MicroSoft, which MS lost and had to do this security feature for.

Thankfully for us Flashers there is a tiny little work around, sadly not all of us use the fix(es) and therefor are subject to the no-viewing thing.

To start with, after you have redone the defaults, go back through and set all the options to how you like, the security level that is comfortable for you, etc.

Once done with that go to my index page: http://cleverwasteoftime.com

There is a Flash movie there for you to test on (as I have bothered to do the fix). This page will be our reference point.

If you see the Flash movie there then we have narrowed down the problem. If you don't, watch the borders of your browser window (top and bottom) for messages. Anything that does or doesn't happen, any messages that do appear... tell us about them here.

I am on my way home from work so will be away for a while, but we will get you through this

[panhand]

set all to default level
went to the site you said
seen nothing
tried clicking on it
a message to install active x appeared in the box where the movie belonged
a message appeared above in a gold bar stating i needed active x as well
so i click on the one in box to get active x and it did nothing but reset the screen with a small red x in the corner....
anytime i try to install it no matter where i am it does that same thing. thanks for helping me.... i now this is small time for you...
what about upgrading to explorer 7?

[detoam]

I am no expert, but I think it is the security settings on Your PC. I don't recall exactly what I did to fix it, but I do remember that I had to change some kind of security setting.
Have You also tried the Macromedia's own Flash remover. I had to do that once.

Also IE7 is very annoying with it's so-called safety warnings. And the worst part is that they do not turn off. Actually some of the Microsoft's own pages will not let You access them with IE7.

[panhand]

i was mistaken about having the active x or adobe flash there was an icon on my dektop to install it yet it did not actually install... it was there maybe at some point i was told to remove it. now it will not install at all

[detoam]

Yeah that's exactly the problem I had. I don't if You tried this, but this is one of the things to try:
In Internet options security settings try this:

Ensure that the "Download Signed ActiveX controls" and "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" options are enabled

And here is the link to the uninstaller:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled...fm?id=tn_14157
Don't forget to restart before reinstalling it.
That's pretty much all I know about it. I stopped bothering with those guys after they screwed me on the Illustrator support.

[panhand]

i am soooo confused... with ie i have no ability to download the active x or adobe flashe etc. and my computer programs does not list it at all yet when i use mozilla i am able to view the site you suggested and the adobe check says i do have version 9something installed.... i have to pick up my kid so ill check back soon thanks again
hey what is the macromedia flash remover?

[detoam]

It will completely remove flash player of your computer. That is usually the only way to fix that thing. After that You reinstall it and hope it works. The reason even their own first suggestion to do so is because flash files are big security risk. I don't know how is that, but many people think that it is simple to exploit them for hacking and such.

[panhand]

day 4 i am at it early today...lol
i will try the uninstall you suggested...
i am almost ready to give up. my email favorites all are on explorer
but i guess i will have to use a different one. i do not like mozilla any suggesstions if i can not fix this bug in ie.

[panhand]

uninstalled and reinstalled no help. it is showing on my programs now