Firefox Java plug in

cyberchick · Apr 11, 2010

Hi,
My OS is windows xp and I have firefox as my browser,my problem is that I cannot play short movies ie youtube etc as when I click on the play button (on webpage) I get this message
"the plug in for this content has been disabled". I then go to plug ins and update via the firefox website which tells me they are unable to detect the plug in version.
I have checked via control panel and Java is there, am I missing something??
This is doing my head in!!

Many thanks:cry

thesmokingun · Apr 11, 2010

try adobe flash, i believe youtube uses that, not java.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

just make sure to uncheck the box that asks if you want to do a mcafee scan.

plodr · Apr 11, 2010

Even though things show in Control Panel, that does not mean the plugin is installed in FF. (Sad but true; I discovered yesterday that Flash was up to date in FF but not IE. Apparently you have to do every browser separately. grrrr).

Open FF and in the address, type
Code:
about:plugins
type what is listed and the version (don't worry about the lines under all the plugins.
We'll then figure out what you need and get them installed.

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