IE11 has had major problems with that site since it was released in October. I see in the screenshot that it's BBC giveng you headaches. I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser which you're already doing with Chrome.ĪNY of those will work where IE11 won't, with the Flash Player Plug-in (For all other browsers), and Chrome doesn't even need that because it has its own Flash Player plugin built in, but you're using it al ready. Problem with that is that it's seen limited success, and you have to enable it for EVERY page that has problems. They recommend using " Compatibility View" and pretending that you're using an older verison of IE. Microsoft has no plans to "fix" the mess thay've created because they think it's a great idea to block you out of the websites you visit. Facebook can't do that, because HTML5 doesn't apply to games. has converted to HTML5 video so if it doesn't detect Flash Player, it can display HTML5 (MP4) video which requires no plug-in to play. The problem with an unidentified browser is that the plug-ins in that browser aren't recognized either, so even though you're up to date, it says you need the latest Flash Player when you use IE11. Problem is: when the site the directs to the content for one of these two engines, the Trident engine in IE can't intepret it and the site then sees IE as an "unidentified" browser. Thanks to the geniuses in Redmond, WA, the User-Agent Strings for IE11 (which has a Trident engine), ID it as either "Gecko" (Firefox) or "Webkit" (Chrome). User-Agent Strings are what websites use to identify the browser you're using and provide the proper content for it's browser engine, like ActiveX stuff, and Flash or HTML5 video.
Microsoft "rewrote" the User-Agent Strings for the abomination they call their latest and greatest browser. That doesn't mean a lot, I'm sure, but it's the root of your problems, and Flash Player has nothing to do with it.
UPDATE YOUR FLASH PLAYER VIRUS ANDROID INSTALL
"PepperFlash" which is proprietary to Chrome and can't be updated or downloaded here - it's PPAPI.īeing as you're running Windows 8.1 you were forced to install IE11 with it, and it has a major problem. Safari for iOS can't, because iOS has never been able to run Flash since it was first developed. (see below)įlash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)<- Safari (for Windows) uses this plug-in and it's the ONLY one you have installed using it - it too is NPAPI.
UPDATE YOUR FLASH PLAYER VIRUS ANDROID ANDROID
It uses either Android (incompatible with Flash now) or Chrome OS (embedded by Google or the TV manufacturer)Īs far as the desktop goes, there are three different plug-ins at work there:įlash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)<- IE is the only browser using ActiveX controls - it's NPAPI, but.
Well, it CAN'T affect your iPad, since there ISN'T a Flash Player for iOS and there never has been.