justlukeyou Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Around a month ago I got a new laptop and downloaded IE9 which worked perfectly. However, any flash, animation or videos appear in the very top left and flickers like crazy. This happens on every site from BBC through to YouTube. Can anyone advise what I can do. Someone at work suggested it maybe a Windows update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Download and install Firefox, Chrome, or Opera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justlukeyou Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Thanks, I have Firefox but I still want to use IE. It should be working fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Someone at work suggested it maybe a Windows update. That's your problem, right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugix Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 i would first try reinstalling...then if that fails I would do what nightslyr said....any one of the other suggested browsers are much faster and compatible than ie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Are you required to use IE or you just want to, and why? It should be working fine. Heard that one a million times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Heard that one a million times... and one. But who is counting anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugix Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Heard that one a million times... and one. But who is counting anyway? if someone made a counter they would need at least 20 lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Longint should suffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugix Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Longint should suffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justlukeyou Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 I have downloaded Firefox but I have a problem with this as well. Whenever I click on an image it tries to download it. I have had IE and Firefox before and never had any problem with them but now they are both playing up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.smith1981 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 i would first try reinstalling...then if that fails I would do what nightslyr said....any one of the other suggested browsers are much faster and compatible than ie I wish it was IE that was more compatible from the word go, probably what allot of the actual designers think too I would have thought. Really beginning to dislike Microsoft even more now when going through some CSS tutorials, why do they have to make it such a pain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Check to make sure your graphic drivers are up to date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I would do a system restore from a point prior to when you had an issue. You could have malware, a virus, or some kind of trojan. My laptop got infected recently with some crap that posed as windows security center, basically screwing up all web browsers on the machine. This happened even with anti-virus, internet security in place. Are you required to use IE or you just want to, and why? I am not an IE user, however I will say that 9 is a massive improvement over the last bunch. If I had to use it I don't think I would be begrudged. The IE argument is old & lame now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderwell Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 get an iphone then you wont have to worry about watching anything in flash at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justlukeyou Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi, How do I check to see if my graphics drivers are upto date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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