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rc primak
GuestFor Windows 10 users who don’t want to download all the January Updates, this reference gives no information about where and how to download and install the Flash Player Updates only. So we are left with information that we need updates, but no information as to how to obtain them for Windows 10 for Edge and IE. This is poor advising on both the part of Randy the Professor and AskWoody.
I see no references anywhere to a Windows 10 update for Flash Player 20. Has anything been released so far?
There is a pair of Cumulative Updates (7 & 8) for Windows 10 dated January 12 & 27, 2016. Any idea whether the more recent of these updates includes the Flash Player Update? (I did read the Infoworld article on this update, but no details seem to have emerged as yet.)
I am testing the Windows 8.1 32-bits and 64-bits standalone msu Flash Player Update installers I found, to see if they will update Windows 10 in my laptop and my tablet. These are dated January 27, 2016, so they ought to be up to date. I’ll report back later today on my results, and if successful, I’ll post the link to the page where people can get the installers.
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rc primak
GuestAnd with good reasons for Windows 10:
January 19, 2016. According to an Adobe Forum posting, 1/19/2016 – Release – Flash Player 20, Flash was updated “to address important functional issues”. Adobe pointed out that “the Windows 8.x and Windows 10 ActiveX version of Flash Player will not receive today’s update but will instead be updated in our regularly scheduled February release (tentatively set for 2/9/16).” Yet, this disagrees with the Adobe Tester page 🙁 The Forum posting says IE on Win8 is at 20.0.0.272 but the Adobe tester page (as of Jan 22nd) says the latest is 20.0.0.286. On Jan 22nd, Adobe’s Tester page complained that an installed version 20.0.0.272 was out of date but had no newer version to install. Windows Update on Win8 also found no new version of Flash to install on Jan 22nd. Either Adobe and Microsoft don’t care or they are incompetent. Maybe, both.
Total Bugs in 2016 to date: 2 ?
Operating System Browser(s) Latest Flash Version
Windows 10 Edge 20.0.0.272
Windows 7 Internet Explorer 20.0.0.286
All Windows Firefox, Chrome 20.0.0.286
Windows 8.x Internet Explorer 20.0.0.272 -or- 20.0.0.286 (see above)
Windows 10 Internet Explorer Beats me, conflicting info from Adobe
Macintosh OS X any browser 20.0.0.286
Linux Chrome 20.0.0.286
Firefox 11.2.202.559
Chrome OS Chrome Beats me, no info from AdobeReference: http://www.flashtester.org/
Latest Post from them. So we get to wait until February’s Patch Tuesday for our update. Since this is apparently a Stability Release, not a critical Security Release of Flash Player, I think it looks safe to wait. “Functional improvements” don’t sound like the sky is falling — yet.
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GuestThanks owburp,
GWX Control Panel is a great program! I use it at least a couple of times a week here in my repair business.
Many Windows 7 users have no desire to update to Windows 10. Windows 7 will be officially supported by Microsoft until 2020, and can be downloaded free until July 29, 2016.
I’m still running Windows 7 on my home desktop.Best wishes,
Randy Knowles
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