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I can’t seem to play videos on youtube!

!! please help me. I went to youtube and I clicked a show I wanted to watch. Then when the page came up, everything was showing but the video player!!! Is there something wrong with my computer?

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ernst offline Verified User (9 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (40 minutes after post)

what os?

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Lincoln, H7, GB | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 11 minutes after post)

you need to install adobe flash player and/or java.should work fine then.they are free downloads.good luck.

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Worth Godwin offline Verified User (10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Honolulu, HI, US | 9 months, 2 weeks ago (16 hours, 36 minutes after post)

Usually this is caused by a lack of the free Flash Player.

You can find step-by-step instructions with pictures that cover a lot of the common ways to install the flash player (there are variations depending on whether you have Windows or a Mac, what version of Windows or Mac OS X, which web browser, etc.) here:

http://www.worthgodwin.com/flash/

there is also a link to the Flash download page.

I also recently was trying to help a client on the phone who was having a similar problem and it turned out she had for some reason gone into her settings for her web browser and turned off plug-ins, which meant the Flash Player plug-in was disabled. So it was there, but turned off.

But unless you’ve been messing around with the settings, then chances are you just need the Flash Player, so just follow the above link (or Google “flash player download” to find the direct link) and you should be able to get it working.

Hope that helps.

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Papa Bear edited this post 9 months, 2 weeks ago. Read the previous text »

i cant seem to play wideos on youtube!!! please help me. i went to youtube and i clicked a show i wanted to watch. then when the page came up, everything was showing but the video player!!! is there something wrong with my computer?

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