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Editor's description:

 

Flash Player support on 64-bit operating systems

 

Issue

Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser. However, you can run Flash Player in a 32-bit browser running on a 64-bit operating system.

 

Reason

Adobe is working on Flash Player support for 64-bit platforms as part of our ongoing commitment to the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player. We expect to provide native support for 64-bit platforms in an upcoming release of Flash Player following the release of Flash Player 10.1. 

 

Solution

To use Flash Player to view Flash content on a 64-bit operating system, you must run a 32-bit browser

 

Author's description:

Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough Web experiences to over 98% of Internet users. Gain unprecedented creative control with new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Adobe Flash Player 10.

Flash plays small, fast multimedia buttons, as well as interactive animations, flying logos, and graphics created in Macromedia Flash/Adobe flash.

Flash also supports high-fidelity MP3 streaming audio, text entry fields, interactive interfaces, and more. All Flash formats can be viewed with this latest release.

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Use the hardware processing power of the graphics card to paint SWF files into the browser and accelerate compositing calculations of bitmaps, filters, blend modes, and video overlays faster than would be performed in software.

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