Flash Player & 64-bit

discountmummy

Hi I understand flash player doesnt support 64-bit at the mo but have no idea what I should do now ... should i download the trial version or something else?

BillScarab

I'm pretty sure I've got it running on Windows 7 64 Bit at home.

No mention on Adobe's site of different versions for 32 Bit and 64 Bit either

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

EDIT: Just found a bit of info that clarifies it

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html

It's OK on 64 Bit systems if you have a 32 Bit browser

davb

Flash player isn't supported in a 64 bit browser on a 64 bit OS - but it is in a 32 bit browser on a 64 bit OS. Is this Vista or 7.

discountmummy

Ive got windows 7 but I did the 64-bit browser! Do i need to change this?

computershack

On Windows 7 with the Internet Explorer that fires up when you click on the icon, Flash DOES install. Doesn't say if its the 64bit one in the "About" file.

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computershack wrote: »

On Windows 7 with the Internet Explorer that fires up when you click on the icon, Flash DOES install. Doesn't say if its the 64bit one in the "About" file.

The default shortcut isn't for the 64 bit version, so it's more than likely you're just using the standard 32 bit one?

S0litaire

You could try the Flash 10.1 beta 2

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

See if that makes any diffrence.

The_Pedant

What hardware are you running on? I've recently encountered lockup issues playing flash content on a new Dell laptop running 64 bit Windows 7.

Most attempts to open flash content (go to the flashplayer site, or youtube & play a video etc) results in the browser hanging. This happens with both IE8 and Firefox.

I did try the beta versions of flashplayer but all without success.

On this particular laptop, sound is uses the IDT chipset. Disabling the IDT codec 'playback device' (right click on speaker in the system track and go into the 'playback devices') allowed the content to at least play without sound, but at least it did not crash. Posts on Dell boards have also recommended uninstalling these drivers and using the generic Windows drivers instead.

esuhl

discountmummy wrote: »

Hi I understand flash player doesnt support 64-bit at the mo but have no idea what I should do now ... should i download the trial version or something else?

On 64-bit Windows platforms, you can use a 32-bit browser and the 32-bit Flash player. A functional 64-bit Flash player is already available for Linux and Solaris platforms - see the following link:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html