Alternative content ignored if player is not installed

my website has a flash header, that needs player 10, so the alternative content is shown if conditions are not met: http://seosumo.com
It shows the alternative content as intended, but ONLY ONCE. If the player 10 is not installed, it won'd ask for it again for that session, which I think is fine, but IT WONT SHOW THE ALTERNATIVE CONTENT EITHER.
I'm using the default code from DreamWeaver CS4 (swfobject_modified.js)
Any idea how to solve it?
Thanks.

I think we need to know what "loaded in a client machine" means. The two primary delivery mechanisms for Flex are browser and AIR and both have built-in mechanisms to warn the user. Usually if you have another delivery mechanism, you'd install the player as part of the delivery.
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Developer
Adobe Systems Inc.
Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:51:01 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Flash Player 10 Not installing on Win 7 64 bit PC
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