Hello and thanks for your interest in my All Day Long problem. I get error msgs. about an Active X that needs to shut down IExplorer 6.0 w/SP2 on a crossword puzzle site. It happens every day after the first completed puzzle. Today I wanted to complete puzzles I missed within the last month. IE "encountered a problem and needs to close." Followed by Flash9.ocx Shockwave. I have tried all of the "FIX Suggestions" from Adobe/Macromedia AND Microsoft. I have removed the program and reinstalled 3X, deleted the files and downloaded twice, disabled the Add-On then enabled the Add-On (I needed toes on that one). One suggestion, "UPDATE Active X" just showed papers flying from the world into a folder for at least two hours (maybe four) until my ISP disconnected. It did not help! My Questions/Request: 1) I need a known site that utilizes this Add-On to see if it is a problem with my crossword site. 2) Did I miss an an update since 7/12, MS or Adobe, to fix this "known proplem"? (One 'non critical' UD from Windows Update today). 3) Is it a problem with IE 6.0? (I am learning IE/Used Netscape since '95.) 4) Is there anything else I can test or rule out??? Many TIA's, Billie I have3systems: PITA, RICE,and SLOE. PITA:GW,433CELERON,WIN-XP RICE:HOMEGROWN,CYRIX686,WIN-XP SLOE:GW,400CELERON,WIN-XPPRO

***A GOOD FIX*** I was fighting with this problem for months and finally found a good fix. This is what I did: 1. Use the uninstaller at Adobe's Web site following the instructions given here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157 2. Empty temporary files and internet cache and restart. 3. Download the latest FlashPlayer version 9 from Adobe's web site here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash At this point check and be sure that you have a file named "Flash.ocx" in both your Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 and Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folders, as well as the "Flash9.ocx" in the Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folder. If you do, you have a good install. 4. Download Flash8.ocx from www.rrdownloads.net/Flash.zip (I'm sure this file must be buried on Adobe's site somewhere, but I couldn't find it; nonetheless, this is a safe link) 5. Unzip the active x file into your Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folder 6. In the same Windows folder, rename "Flash9.ocx" to Flash-9.ocx (or anything else) 7. Then rename the Flash8.ocx (from the downloaded zip file) to Flash9.ocx Restart et voila ... no more crash errors. Also be sure you have Sun's Java J2SE Runtime Environment 5, Update 7 installed and any Pop Up or Ad Blockers turned off ... sometimes these will interfere in viewing flash content. Caution: This fix has worked for me on a WinXP Pro and WinXP Home O/S, running IE6. I cannot vouch for any others. I hope it works for you!