ActiveX blah' but then I clicked on the info bar at the top of the page and I got the ActiveX Install/Don't Install dialogue box, I clicked on 'Install' and Hey Presto! I can watch You Tube videos. Taking it out makes the sites work but putting it back in they stop working. All the sites worked before I installed Realplayer and stopped working after it was installed. I got that damn message (for about the hundedth time) saying 'javascript blah. I have all the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox and Flash player as well Realplayer. Then I ran ie8 and tried to watch a video on You Tube. In such instances, simply reinstalling Shockwave Player may not work. In some cases, its actually the browser which is preventing the successful installation of Shockwave Player. The installation completed and I restarted my computer. Shockwave Player uninstaller (Mac OS) Shockwave Player uninstaller (Windows) After youve uninstalled Shockwave Player, you can reinstall it. During installation I was asked if I wanted to install some other ie8 updates I said no by unchecking the box. In the 'Priority Updates' list I selected ONLY the ie8 update and proceeded to install it. Next I clicked on 'Windows Updates' in the start menu and selected 'custom updates'.

I'd now reverted back to ie6 but you might go back to ie7 in which case I would remove that as well. I then located the security update for XP numbered KB973346 which is the ActiveX killbits patch and removed it. I then removed the two ie8 updates and then removed ie8 itself.

First I went to add/remove programs and checked the 'show updates' box.

Shockwave flash player stopped working