I wont tell you to use Chrome or Firefox, but THATS what will take care of this for you. What you see is a result of this User Agent StringsThat doesnt mean a lot, Im sure, but its the root of your problems, and Flash Player has nothing to do with it. Microsoft rewrote the User Agent Strings for the abomination they call their latest and greatest browser Read more here. User Agent Strings are what websites use to identify the browser youre using and provide the proper content for its browser engine, like Active. X stuff, and Flash or HTML5 video. Thanks to the geniuses in Redmond, WA, the User Agent Strings for IE1. Trident engine, ID it as either Gecko Firefox or Webkit Chrome. Trouble is when the site the directs to the content for one of these two engines, the Trident engine in IE cant intepret it and the site then sees IE as an unidentified browser. The problem with an unidentified browser is that the plug ins in that browser arent recognized either, so even though youre up to date, it says you need the latest Flash Player when you use IE1. You. Tube. has converted to HTML5 video so if it doesnt detect Flash Player, it can display HTML5 MP4 video which requires no plug in to play. Facebook cant do that, because HTML5 doesnt apply to games. Microsoft has no plans to fix the mess theyve created because they think its a great idea to block you out of the websites you visit. Best Ways To Hack Twitter Accounts. They recommend using Compatibility View and pretending that youre using an older verison of IE. The Problem with THAT is that its seen limited success, and you have to enable it for EVERY page that has problems. Im not big on pretending so I WONT recommend actually using another browser. Firefox from MozillaOpera from OperaSafari from AppleChrome from GoogleANY of those will work where IE1. Flash Player Plug in For all other browsers, and Chrome doesnt even need that, because it has its own Flash Player plugin built in. If youd like a fix for IE. Youll need to go to Microsoft for it, but as I already stated, they have NO INTENTION of fixing the abominable mess they made because they think its a great idea. Contacting Adobe about Microsofts garbage browser and it IS garbage wont do any good, because Adobe doesnt make IE1. THATS wherein the problem lies. My system is Windows 7 64bit version with IE 10. Adobe Flash Player will not work in IE 10. I have tried an unistall and a clean install with no success.