The BBC News and some other sites have changed to a new system for embedded video. I used to be able to download that video just by clicking on it. Now I get a still image for a second or so before it fades to dark grey. From there on nothing at all happens.

Apparently Adobe Flash Player Ver 10.1 is needed to play this video. To download it calls for deleting any previous version and first you have to download the uninstaller. Then you have to do something with ActiveX(which I don't really understand) and then you can download the Flash installer and finally, version 10.1 itself. And then install it. I've done all that three times and it still doesn't work. It's the same with IE, Firefox and Chrome.

Have any of you guys actually succeeded with installing Flash player 10.1 and got video to play using it? If so, do you have any suggestions regarding what I may be doing wrong?

I use XP Pro and Win2k, with Firefox 3.5.10. It downloaded and installed fine for me first time.

I just installed 10.1 with no trouble. Firefox version 3.6.8 and Vista.

Go to http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

Click on "Get the latest version" to reach this page http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Click on Agree and Install.

Some browsers have a security check now. For example, I had to click at the top of my Firefox screen to allow the download. Other browsers have similar things. Examine your screen carefully to see if you're being asked anywhere to give your consent, e.g., allowing an Active X file to be downloaded. This is probably what's happening. Adobe is safe, so just click to give your consent.

If there's still trouble, click on one of the links with instructions.