Adobe flash player

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 09:55

Hey guys, just looking for some advice please.

Ok so i downloaded Adobe flash player 10.2 when i built my new rig a few months back, i use it for things like Youtube.

Everything has been working fine but a few weeks back i turned on my PC and there was an update for Adobe flash player, but every time i try and update Adobe it would fail. So i just left it.

So last night same thing happened again, i get the promt to update Adobe and it fails.

I thought the best thing to do would be uninstall it and reinstall Adobe.

I go to Adobe's site and download the latest Flash player here......

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

After about five hours of trying to download this file (2.98 MB) through Adobe download manager i get an "installtion error" :mad:

I have confirmed with speedtest.net that i'm getting over 5.0 MB download so i know that my download is not the issue.

I just really don't know what to do as Adobe is something i use a lot as i often go on Youtube, could the issue be with the Adobe servers ?

Any advice would be great, have any of you guys had this issue ? if so how did you sort it ?

Thanks guys

rhysduck · 15 Jun 2011 at 10:11

Download the standalone installer of Flash 10.3 from here mate: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/Flash/Macromedia-Flash-Player.shtml
The Adobe website uses Adobe DLM (Download Manager) to install the adobe product which is absolute PANTS! We have a shared drive with all the latest full installers on

marc2003 · 15 Jun 2011 at 10:13

try these direct links?

IE: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe
NON-IE BROWSERS: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 10:28

Thanks guys i will try these tonight when i get home from work

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 19:55

Still can't get Adobe to download, where ever i download it from. It says over 3 hours download time, i don't want to download it it again for over five hours for it to fail again.

Could it be Internet explorer 9 ?

Can i use anything other than Adobe ?

Mr.Fantastic · 15 Jun 2011 at 20:02

Install another browser to download it or get a download manager.

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 20:28

Just downloaded Mozilla Firefox, download time for Adobe flash player is 41 mins....

Swordfish · 15 Jun 2011 at 20:30

Use ninite for updates like this.

http://www.ninite.com

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 20:53

Ok so the download through Firefox has been going now for half an hour and the download time has gone up to 1 hour 37 mins for a 2.98 MB file.

Can anyone think of what else i could do to sort this issue ?

DEVIL W0LF · 15 Jun 2011 at 21:14

Got it to work guys.

I downloaded Mozilla Firefox and then download Adobe 10.3 from C.net

It took all of two seconds to download, i don't know why it worked this way for me
but i'm happy it's sorted now. Thanks for the input guys.

O yeah is Mozilla firefox a good browser ??

clade · 15 Jun 2011 at 21:15

Congrats