I do have flash paper and have not seen this happen. Spike
On 10/24/05, Steve Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I for one do not have FlashPaper. > > On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of > > you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar > > issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to > > Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable > > downgrade in that when you luanch the app, the installer for FlashPaper > > or Contribute launches and tries to fix things up. At least that was > > the case with the Flash 8 beta players. I think they fixed something at > > the end so it shouldn't do that. However there could be a chance that > > that particular fix isn't applied to the 8.5 alpha player. This is only > > speculation of course. > > > > Sincerely > > Mark R. Jonkman > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Dowdell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:15 pm > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself > > > > > Mike Mountain wrote: > > > > My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't > > > know if > > > > it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or > > > something to do > > > > with my PC (win XP). > > > > > > I'm not familiar with this symptom. I know you're on a PC, but am > > > not > > > sure of the browser (IE uses ActiveX Controls; others use Netscape > > > Plugins). > > > > > > To repro it we'd likely have to know the procedure too (visit the > > > site & > > > install, background ActiveX, auto-update etc), whether there were > > > things > > > like a system restart after one of the installs, whether it occurs > > > on > > > some pages or any page, whether there have been any alpha or beta > > > versions installed into that browser, how you know which version > > > is > > > being used, etc. > > > > > > I don't know of a way that a webpage can "force a silent > > > downgrade", if > > > that's of help. > > > > > > jd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA > > > Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd > > > Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs > > > Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > > > Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders mailing list > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders