Safari and flash problem!

Question

ok, i have a website running, it is done in flash
professional 8 and i have flash player 9 installed. It works fine
on internet explorer, loads up and everything runs great.
I then tried it on safari and it loads up straight away
although when i click on the links they dont respond or when they
do they go to somewhere else, like a scene i have not linked it to.
Reason i think it is doing this is because it isnt properly
loaded, it says its loaded and the bar finishes loading but doesnt
work correctly, if it is then left for a little while it works
fine.. so i really don;t know what is going on.
It works fine on an apple mac in preview mode, it is just in
safari that is causing problems, the mac has flash player 9 also so
i don;t know what to do now...
how can i get round this because its been causing problems
for ages now, basically its saying it has loaded and it hasnt
properly, and therefore the links are not functioning correctly...
this is what i think anyway.
any help or ideas?

Answer 1

I found a solution to the issues with the 9r115 release of
Flash player. I got it to install on my G5 iMac (OS X 10.4.11). The
issue is that your regular ID needs to have admin privileges for
Flash to install and run correctly. I have two (2) user IDs on my
machine at home - a regular ID (with no admin privileges) for daily
use and one I use for admin stuff (for doing software updates and
installs). (I think it was recommended to split things up this
way).
I was able to download and install Flash Player 9r115 using
my admin account and Safari (I'm using the latest 3.1) correctly
recognized it was there when I went to places that require Flash
(cnn.com, scifi.com) - but did NOT recognize it when I went to
those same sites under my regular ID.
I also went to Disk Utility and did a Repair Permissions -
the Flash installer apparently mucks around with the permissions,
and repairing them seems to fix things.
Also, I used the Accounts area of System Preferences to turn
on the admin rights under my regular ID (logged out and in) and
then Flash worked correctly with Safari at the web sites that
require it.
So the workaround for 9r115 seems to be:
1) make sure your Mac logon ID has admin rights to the box
(this may not be needed).
2) download and install the Flash player
3) run Disk Utility to repair permissions
4) restart your browser
FYI, this also fixed issues I had with Adobe Acrobat Reader
where I had to logon to my admin ID to do check for and install
updates. Now with machine admin rights on my regular ID, I can
download and install updates (I had 8.1.1, now I have 8.1.2)