OK, so I keep having the Micromedia Flash update box come up each time I start my WinXP computer, and no matter how many times I download the update, and it says update completed, it keeps coming back saying I need to up date.
Plus, one of my other programs (HP Printer Solution Center) keeps wanting me to put in the install CD and each time I do it keeps giving me a message that I think is related to the Micromedia Flash update issue.
It keeps saying there is a missing file at:
C:\\Windows\system32\Macromedia\Flash\Flash9b.ocx
Am I missing “Flash9b.ocx” er something?
If so, how do I restore it?
And, before anyone asks, yes I can see flash objects in my browser(s) and my HP Printer(s) work fine, and I can open the HP Printer Solution Center and see how much ink I have, etc like it’s always worked.
Have done that with the Flash prog and upgraded it to version 10
and the file is not in the printer’s solution center software, which
is just a management thing as the printers seem to run just fine
without the solution center
I figured someone would have had this issue before.
You know, come to think of it I probably did set my firewall to block HP updates since I’ve seen problems get started by updating software sometimes and since the printers are otherwise working fine, I didn’t want any updates screwing that up.
But, since I have Acronis True Image I can allow the update, try it for a while, and if there are any issues I can always restore back to an earlier time before the update was applied and put things back how they were.
This still doesn’t explain why each time I boot up the Macromedia Flash update box pops up wanting to update, and no matter how many times I let it do it’s thing, and it says “Update Sucessfully Completed”, it always pops right back up each time I re-boot.
I checked, and I have Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.42.34 and according to the Adobe Flash Player webpage, this is the latest version
I’m not sure how you’re getting from “works fine but don’t really need it” to “I need new printers” but, whatever.
Good alternatives to HP Printers?
IMHO, new HP printers.
What brands other than HP are good?
Again, IMHO, they’re all downhill from HP.
(My opinion having been formed by years of positive experiences with HPs, and nothing but frustration provided by other brands)
I currently have an L7680 All-in-One: built in printer server, direct to disk digital filing, huge ink tanks with separate print heads, scan, fax, copy, computerless photo printing with basic photo manipulation in preview screen, and, oh yeah, it prints too (fast).
It’s just an irriating problem that needs to be fixed and HP is dropping
the ball, probably because they want everyone to buy new HP printers.
I have had issues with paper jams and the supplies don’t seem to last
very long, but over all they seem to work fine.
I know I bought the ink jet just for printing envelopes and it doesn’t
print envelopes very well like my last HP printer did.
I’d like to find a simple inkjet that is build specifically for printing
envelopes, but have never been able to find any such animal
without getting into commercial machines that cost alot.
You must be running new HPs that came with the newest version
of flash, right? What would you do if Adobe upgraded flash again
and you had this problem and HP refused to provide a fix?
It’s not that I can’t live with it. It’s just irritating because I should
not have to live with it, and since this appears to be an issue HP
refuses to provide a fix for, then I’ll remember that next time I
need a printer and maybe try Dell next time.
Dell doesn’t make printers, AFAIK, they rebrand Canons. Why they would put their name on what I consider to be printer shaped garbage is beyond me. Actually, no, it isn’t. Canons are cheaper than dirt.
My printer is a few years old already, which is irrelevant really.
As I said, it has a print server built in. This means that I plug in a network cable and, like magic, the printer is available to any and all computers on my network. It isn’t attached to any one computer, so there’s no requirement to have computer A up and running so it can share the printer for computer B to use.
In terms of management, ink levels and the like, it’s on the network as it’s own entity, so I just type its address into my browser, log in, and manage away - no software needed.
As far as setting up my computer to use it, it’s as simple as adding a printer can be - you add it, the printer sends over the drivers, you print - no disks.
Paper jams and ink running short? When you find the magical printer that never jams and doesn’t run out of ink, let me know.
I have the HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series
and the Officejet Pro L7600 Series, which I bought to do envelopes
(I wanted to leave the envelopes loaded and just choose that
printer when I wanted to print a customer #10 business envelope,
plus I thought it’d be good to have an inkjet as a backup)
But, it doesn’t print envelopes that swell because it appears that
the envelopes slip when getting fed in sometimes causing the printer
to not print them as I have designed them using MS Publisher
Anybody ever seen an affordable printer that was made just
to print envelopes? I’d like to find one someday
I own a Canon MP600 and I personally love it to pieces, I’ve had HP’s for years but moved over to canon because they have a much better price to quality ratio (buying HP is like buying a Sony laptop), Canon ink is better value too. However I agree with what others have said, why not just uninstall ALL of the stuff HP installed and just install the drivers through the add new hardware wizard (pointing to the CD/DVD with the software on), you’ll be able to print without needing to use any of those ugly utilities they provide. All you really need for the device is the drivers, you don’t need any flash dependant tools.
PS: You could just download the Flash9.ocx and place it in the system32 directory (then use regsvr32 to install it).
