Let me also add that... Installing Flash 11.4 with Firefox isn't problematic at all. Everything works as it should when accessing websites (Flash and non-Flash sites) via Firefox 15. The issues below seem directly related to IE9. I guess for now I will just ask users to use Firefox on the 2008 R2 RDS box instead of IE9 since that seems to at least not exhibit the awful slow browsing speeds.
Jesse -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Uggg -- Flash 11.4 on RDS (terminal services) So at first I thought I was going crazy. I have a 2008 R2 terminal server (RDS) that hadn't been updated in many months. It was running an older version of Adobe Flash (no, I don't remember which version but something PRE-June 2012 at least). In late September, some of the users were saying that certain websites required a newer version of flash in order to view the site properly (mostly kid's learning sites). So I updated Flash to the latest 11.4 version on the 2008 R2 RDS box. (I did use the "change user /install" command before updating Flash. Since then, nothing but problems. Anyone aside from the Administrator cannot properly browse websites. Going to msn.com, Microsoft.com, abcya.com, and pretty much ANYTHING that isn't just some basic static website, takes literally 8-10 minutes to load. At first I thought the users were crazy but, after some testing, I was able to verify this was true. I uninstalled Flash, and geez, all the problems with websites loading slow is FIXED. If I try to reinstall Flash 11.4, the same thing happens, websites take forever to load. I thought maybe my 2008 R2 RDS box was messed up so I built a brand new 2008 R2 RDS server. Loaded up Office 2007, Adobe Reader, and a few other apps that are on the older RDS box. Then installed Flash 11.4. Initially, everything seemed to be working. Then after a reboot (or maybe 2?), the EXACT same thing starts happening. Administrator can access websites fine, but users cannot, they just have to wait and wait... This happens when the internet pipe is NOT even 1% utilized. On this brand new RDS server, uninstalling Flash 11.4 once again FIXES the problem. Yet, I need Flash on it because it's used on a small school lab for learning sites, ughh. I've tried installing OLDER versions of Flash (11.3, 10.3, etc.) on the new RDS box after having uninstalled 11.4, but when the older versions are installed, I cannot even pass the Flash Tests (do you have Flash on your machine?) from the Adobe site, whether logged in as an administrator or a user. So this is happening on *2* different servers, what in the world?! I did find this (http://www.kevintaber.com/2012/08/31/adobe-flash-player-11-4-causes-ie-9-to -not-load-flash-sites/) but... his explanation to load an older Flash isn't working for me at all. Any help here? Jesse ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
