Uninstall Flash in IE7 and Reinstall - Fixes Crash Issues
February 25, 2007
Following up on several complaints from users on GeoExpat.Com and other sites that we run, we followed up with Adobe Support to take a look at what could be causing the problems.
While Adobe remains fairly non-committal about the existence of this problem, we have been able to isolate this issue down a couple of areas, so some of the items posted here are pure speculation, despite the fact that the end result is that the crashes have been reduced.
Keep in mind that this is not the official solution — neither Microsoft or Adobe acknowledge that IE7 crashes under several situations when it comes across a site that uses Flash — like MySpace, YouTube or well, even GeoExpat which has a number of Flash banners.
Flash9 and IE7 - Crash Fest
February 21, 2007
Looks like Adobe and Microsoft have a potentially huge problem in the making. Turns out, if you have Internet Explorer 7 and or MSN Live Messenger, which was installed in the last few weeks — some how an update from either of those two packages results in Flash 9 being installed on your system.
Microsoft calls this an “essential upgrade” with MSN Live Messenger, if you have animated backgrounds or use some of the smileys or winks that are prepackaged with it.
