Flash Player 11 and Hector

[Andie]

Yes, the problem with Hector here was on XP SP3 machines, and all machines seemed affected. The Flash version that fixes the black box issue is 11.1.102.55 and above. The msi AD/GP install or manually installing Flash after exiting Hector will fix the Hector black box issue.

[Andie]

After thinking all was well, I discovered machines that won't run .swf files in the browser of logged in users. Some machines did though. Checked Flash versions using the test page on the Adobe website, and all the same version of Flash installed. Hector running fine. Found .swf will run as administrator on affected machines.

 

After tearing my hair out trying various things, I began to doubt the active directory/GP msi install had run properly. So I manually ran the msi on one machine, selected Remove from the installer, then closed Hector and manually ran the msi again. Installed fine. Logged out and back in as a user, and now the .swf files will run as the user. Tried this on several machines now, testing for the error then uninstalling and reinstalling manually. Fixed each time.

 

Have checked my setup for the msi install through GP and I have done it correctly. Not sure whether this issue is still being affected by Hector or not???

 

Have started another thread about GP install of latest Flash just in case it isn't Hector's fault this time:

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/87251-flash-player-11-msi-install-through-gp-there-problem.html

 

We have decided to remove Hector as from Easter, as he is causing problems with the deployment of Flash player and the developers haven't yet come up with a solution. We will just have to train the children to minimise their browser window on the laptops if anything nasty comes up.