FireFox browers tip (a bit geekish)

Grumpy_Disney_Dad

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Just a tip for those of you using Firefox. If you downloaded Microsoft Update of the Net Framework 3.0, you may need to reinstall or update FireFox. Some of the reg files in FireFox are associatted with net framework 2.0 and wont work properly with VMK unless you update them.

edit to add : dont forget to restart your PC or you will be cussing and throwing things when you try and log into VMK lol
 
With hubby being in IT Project Management and me running Firefox, I read the post to him. He asked me if I had downloaded .NET framework and I said "no" ... his reply "if you get ANYTHING asking you to download it, let me know and DO NOT do it" :confused3 Hubby is not a real big fan of Microsoft or .NET framework and I know absolutely nothing about computers, so if VMK changes to where we MUST have it ... I am in trouble :sad:

Lyn
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Well for one no one uses Net Framework on a PC.. Unless your on a dedicated server or trying to convert a PC into a dedicated server you don't need framework. What it does is basically show how stuff should connect for certain server programs like for game servers. If VMK every makes the client use it then run like the world is on fire because there is no need to use Framework in a client.
 

Wikipedia said:
The Microsoft .NET Framework is a a software component that can be added to the Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a large body of pre-coded solutions to common program requirements, and manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET Framework is a key Microsoft offering, and is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platform.

You do need the .NET framework on your regular ol' PC to run programs written in .NET. Those programs are becoming more and more common. In fact, if you are running Vista then you already have the framework. Most of the .NET haters I know are open source types, who write PHP to run on Linux servers. Not that there's anything wrong with that if your company doesn't have the budget for professional development tools. :thumbsup2

I'm currently doing interface work on a .NET project. It's a hosted application with an installed component for Tablet PCs. There's more info on .NET from a relatively neutral source here: Wikipedia

Back on topic: I can't get Shockwave to run in IE7. The install seems to go fine but no Shockwave files will run. It seems to work ok in Firefox. Am I the only one?
 
Pete you need to uninstall shockwave and then search the shockwave website full the FULL version. I believe itis located under the "download manually" section
 
You do need the .NET framework on your regular ol' PC to run programs written in .NET. Those programs are becoming more and more common. In fact, if you are running Vista then you already have the framework. Most of the .NET haters I know are open source types, who write PHP to run on Linux servers. Not that there's anything wrong with that if your company doesn't have the budget for professional development tools. :thumbsup2

I'm currently doing interface work on a .NET project. It's a hosted application with an installed component for Tablet PCs. There's more info on .NET from a relatively neutral source here: Wikipedia

Back on topic: I can't get Shockwave to run in IE7. The install seems to go fine but no Shockwave files will run. It seems to work ok in Firefox. Am I the only one?

I have the opposite problem. I can get Shockwave to run in IE, but not
Firefox, so I uninstalled Firefox when I tried v1.5.
 
Pete you need to uninstall shockwave and then search the shockwave website full the FULL version. I believe itis located under the "download manually" section

Do you mean the version that is located here?
Adobe - Macromedia Web Players

I unstalled, rebooted and installed from that standalone installer twice. Same problem. During the install I get the Google Toolbar prompt (denied), and then the age/registration prompts, my browser reloads and the Shockwave plugin looks to be there. It has the background color, it has the Shockwave right-click menu and everything. It just doesn't start playing the content. :confused3

My computer blew up during a power outage last week and I got my new one from Dell yesterday. I've not had any significant VMK time in like a week!
 
Well for one no one uses Net Framework on a PC.. Unless your on a dedicated server or trying to convert a PC into a dedicated server you don't need framework. What it does is basically show how stuff should connect for certain server programs like for game servers. If VMK every makes the client use it then run like the world is on fire because there is no need to use Framework in a client.

You couldn't be more wrong. The Microsoft .NET Framework is, in simple terms, a runtime environment for applications written to run in it. Much like the runtime environments of Visual C++ and Visual Basic of the past, the .NET Framework is just an API set for managed-code applications. Think of it as JRE (Java Runtime Environment) on steroids. JRE is the same principle... an environment and set of APIs for applications written to run in JRE.

Newer Windows applications are being written in .NET for very good reasons. Visual C++ can compile unmanaged and managed code (managed code is the term used for code that runs in the Framework). Visual Basic.NET creates managed code. C#.Net creates managed code. All of the most popular languages in the Windows development world are now built around the Framework.

More and more applications off the shelf use the Framework. More and more websites are using newer standards that take advantage of the Framework (look up XAML sometime... some of the richest browsing you've ever seen is dished up using XAML, IE7, and .NET Framework 3.0.)

The Framework gives us developers a rich and static environment to code against, knowing that the same APIs will be available regardless of the platform on which it is running. It provides us better security tools, it provides us well-defined interfaces to do most anything we need to do, and does away with the whole mess of COM-based DLLs (ie 'DLL Hell'). No longer do we break other applications when we have a dependency on a newer system DLL that we must update!

Sure, the Framework is used on servers that host ASP.NET applications or WebServices, but the Framework is not a server-only environment.

And, just for the record... when you're asked to update and install .NET Framework 3.0, do it. It enables you to use the next generation of applications that will be built using the .NET Framework 3.0. Having the latest .NET Framework is a GOOD thing.
 
Do you mean the version that is located here?
Adobe - Macromedia Web Players

I unstalled, rebooted and installed from that standalone installer twice. Same problem. During the install I get the Google Toolbar prompt (denied), and then the age/registration prompts, my browser reloads and the Shockwave plugin looks to be there. It has the background color, it has the Shockwave right-click menu and everything. It just doesn't start playing the content. :confused3

My computer blew up during a power outage last week and I got my new one from Dell yesterday. I've not had any significant VMK time in like a week!

try uninstalling flash first

then uninstall shockwave


install the full version of shockwave and flash again.

hope that helps.
 
Do you mean the version that is located here?
Adobe - Macromedia Web Players

I unstalled, rebooted and installed from that standalone installer twice. Same problem. During the install I get the Google Toolbar prompt (denied), and then the age/registration prompts, my browser reloads and the Shockwave plugin looks to be there. It has the background color, it has the Shockwave right-click menu and everything. It just doesn't start playing the content. :confused3

My computer blew up during a power outage last week and I got my new one from Dell yesterday. I've not had any significant VMK time in like a week!

This link should do the trick krazy

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/down...ull&P2_Platform=Win32&P3_Browser_Version=MSIE
 
Hey My Favorite Evil Leader? Can the VMK section of DIs get its own geek sticky for stuff like this?
 
Thanks for all the advice! Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy. I just spent, I think, an hour and a half on the phone with a support tech and it's fixed now. I actually admire the guy's dedication. :thumbsup2

Now here is the fix that worked for me but first a disclaimer. I DO NOT recommend that you try this. I have no idea what type of adverse consequences there may be later.

So what he did was he copied the "plugins" folder from Firefox to Internet Explorer. Tadaaa! If you have Shockwave working Firefox but not IE7 then try it at your own risk.

See you all in the Kingdom! :goodvibes
 
Congrats Krazy glad you can make it back in . And Mal now i see why you are the leader, You are way ahead of me
 














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