Embedding device fonts in Flash Player 10

Hi guys, a new feature in Flash Player 10 is that you can use device fonts with anti-aliasing without having to embed all the characters in the swf. This is definitely a great feature when you deal with many languages. I found an example:
http://blog.joshbuhler.com/2008/05/20/anti-aliased-device-fonts-in-astro/
It works great if I specify the exporting for Flash Player 10. I just wonder why it shouldn't be working if I export it for 9, the actionscript is the same (I'm using flex sdk).
If exporting for 10 is mandatory, is there any risk to export an application written for flash player 9 as flash player 10 (and leaving 9 as minimum requirement) only because this feature?
Cheers, chr

Thanks for the quick response! here is the file list (all file versions are 10.1.53.64):
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash:
Flash10h.ocx
FlashAuthor.cfg
FlashInstall.log
flashplayer.xpt
FlashUtil10h_ActiveX.dll
FlashUtil10h_ActiveX.exe
install.log
NPSWF32.dll
NPSWF32_FlashUtil.exe
uninstall_plugin.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerTrust:
Adobe Search For Help.cfg
AdobeFireworksCS5.cfg
AdobeXMPFileInfo.cfg
AdobeXMPFileInfoCS5.cfg
kuler.cfg
ServiceManager.cfg
I also made sure all the addson are enabled. Still doesn't work.
disabled hardware acceleration.Still doesn't work.
the last resort is will try to update the GPU driver - as ʇɐb ɹəuəllıʍ said.
I will keep you posted either way. thanks

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