Is Win 7, 64 bit, the culprit?

[celcius]

Hi all!
I'm running Win7, 64 bits.
A week ago or so, I uploaded on 2 different days photos to Flickr through
their *Flickr uploader*
Two days ago, I'm trying the same, to no avail. It won't upload even one
flic, yet I haven't installed anything new lately or changed anything.
I tried to upload directly from their website through Firefox (32 bit). Same
thing.
Then I got the idea of trying to upload from their website with Internet
Explorer 64 bit. Dead-end.
FINALLY, I tried to upload from their website with Internet Explorer 32 bit.
IT WORKED!
Does any of you have any idea? I put the problem to the Flickr people, but
they haven't come around yet.
Thanks,
Marcel

 

[Dick Mahar]

"celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:honqic$mq8$1@celcius.motzarella.org...
> Hi all!
> I'm running Win7, 64 bits.
> A week ago or so, I uploaded on 2 different days photos to Flickr through
> their *Flickr uploader*
> Two days ago, I'm trying the same, to no avail. It won't upload even one
> flic, yet I haven't installed anything new lately or changed anything.
> I tried to upload directly from their website through Firefox (32 bit).
> Same thing.
> Then I got the idea of trying to upload from their website with Internet
> Explorer 64 bit. Dead-end.
> FINALLY, I tried to upload from their website with Internet Explorer 32
> bit. IT WORKED!
> Does any of you have any idea? I put the problem to the Flickr people, but
> they haven't come around yet.
> Thanks,
> Marcel
Just a guess, but adobe Flash Player will not work on 64 bit browsers, and
is OK on 32 bit browsers. If you need flash Player, you have answered your
own question.

 

[FiOS-Dave]

"celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:honqic$mq8$1@celcius.motzarella.org...
> Hi all!
> I'm running Win7, 64 bits.
> A week ago or so, I uploaded on 2 different days photos to Flickr through
> their *Flickr uploader*
> Two days ago, I'm trying the same, to no avail. It won't upload even one
> flic, yet I haven't installed anything new lately or changed anything.
> I tried to upload directly from their website through Firefox (32 bit).
> Same thing.
> Then I got the idea of trying to upload from their website with Internet
> Explorer 64 bit. Dead-end.
> FINALLY, I tried to upload from their website with Internet Explorer 32
> bit. IT WORKED!
> Does any of you have any idea? I put the problem to the Flickr people, but
> they haven't come around yet.
> Thanks,
> Marcel

Adobe's products don't work with 64 bit systems, so maybe they
made a change on their end that uses Flash, or something else
of Adobes. That's one of the reasons why windows 7 has two versions
of IE, one for 32 bits, the other for 64 bits.
If you find a website that doesn't seem to work properly, try using
compatibility mode first, then use the 32 bit IE next.

FiOS-Dave

 

[celcius]

"Dick Mahar" <dmahar@tvcconnect.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:honqic$mq8$1@celcius.motzarella.org...
>> Hi all!
>> I'm running Win7, 64 bits.
>> A week ago or so, I uploaded on 2 different days photos to Flickr through
>> their *Flickr uploader*
>> Two days ago, I'm trying the same, to no avail. It won't upload even one
>> flic, yet I haven't installed anything new lately or changed anything.
>> I tried to upload directly from their website through Firefox (32 bit).
>> Same thing.
>> Then I got the idea of trying to upload from their website with Internet
>> Explorer 64 bit. Dead-end.
>> FINALLY, I tried to upload from their website with Internet Explorer 32
>> bit. IT WORKED!
>> Does any of you have any idea? I put the problem to the Flickr people,
>> but they haven't come around yet.
>> Thanks,
>> Marcel
> Just a guess, but adobe Flash Player will not work on 64 bit browsers,
> and is OK on 32 bit browsers. If you need flash Player, you have answered
> your own question.

Thanks Dick and Dave.
I was pondering upon the fact that Flash might be "partial" to 32 VS 64 bit.
However, this doesn't explain why on the same machine, using Win 7, through
Firefox, I was able to upload pics to Flickr till about a week ago... and
suddenly NO MORE, except with Interrnet Explorer 32 bit.
Mind you Firefox is 32 bit... search me )))
Marcel

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 013:02 -0400, "FiOS-Dave"
<FiOS-Dave@fakeaddress.zz> wrote:


> "celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:honqic$mq8$1@celcius.motzarella.org...
> > Hi all!
> > I'm running Win7, 64 bits.
> > A week ago or so, I uploaded on 2 different days photos to Flickr through
> > their *Flickr uploader*
> > Two days ago, I'm trying the same, to no avail. It won't upload even one
> > flic, yet I haven't installed anything new lately or changed anything.
> > I tried to upload directly from their website through Firefox (32 bit).
> > Same thing.
> > Then I got the idea of trying to upload from their website with Internet
> > Explorer 64 bit. Dead-end.
> > FINALLY, I tried to upload from their website with Internet Explorer 32
> > bit. IT WORKED!
> > Does any of you have any idea? I put the problem to the Flickr people, but
> > they haven't come around yet.
> > Thanks,
> > Marcel
>
> Adobe's products don't work with 64 bit systems,


*Some* Adobe products don't, but some do. As a single example, Adobe
Reader works fine.


> so maybe they
> made a change on their end that uses Flash, or something else
> of Adobes. That's one of the reasons why windows 7 has two versions
> of IE, one for 32 bits, the other for 64 bits.
> If you find a website that doesn't seem to work properly, try using
> compatibility mode first, then use the 32 bit IE next.
>
> FiOS-Dave

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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