Flash Player loads but doesn't play

[dhessi]

I just recently got a new computer, one running Vista Premium. For the first
few days after I installed flash player, it worked perfectly in whichever
browser I used. However, starting yesterday, whenever a web page has flash on
it, the browser crashes after it has loaded. The same thing happens on IE,
firefox, and opera, all of which are the lastest versions. I've tried
reinstalling flash player, but to no avail. Hopefully, I'll be able to find
some reason for this here. =\

[Darren McNally - Adobe]

Hi dhessi,

Glad to hear that your issue was resolved. Flash Player does not normally
require you to reboot your machine; however Vista does require that IE 7 is
restarted after installation of Flash Player.

For more information please see: After installing Flash Player, Windows Vista
initiates Protected Mode for Flash content

[url]http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401499[/url]

If you have any trouble in the future please let us know.