When you upgrade Adobe Flash Player in Windows Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows Vista-based computer, you receive the following warning message:

A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer

This program will open outside of Protected mode. Internet Explorer’s Protected mode helps protect your computer. If you do not trust this website, do not open this program.

Name: Adobe Flash Player
Publisher: Adobe Systems Incorporated

When you try to use Windows Internet Explorer 7 to display a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file on a local computer, Internet Explorer 7 cannot display the SVG file. This problem occurs if the Web page that is used to display the SVG file has the following characteristics:

• It contains an <embed > tag.
• It uses the Mark of the Web (MOTW) feature to bypass the Local Machine Zone Lockdown feature.

This problem also occurs when you try to display Macromedia Shockwave Flash (.swf) files. This problem does not occur in Internet Explorer 6.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you install a third-party driver that manages on-board flash memory for ReadyDrive. After you install this third-party driver, you occasionally receive a Stop error message that resembles the following:

*** STOP: 0×0000007F (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Windows Media Player
• Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 1250 series
• Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 1200 series
• Windows Vista 32bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64bit Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Symptoms:
Playing a DVD using the Windows Media Player and enabling subtitles no longer results in the playback of the DVD flashing

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Doom3
• Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
Flashing is observed when loading the game, or during some of the cinematic, or during game play when Catalyst AI is disabled, AA is set to 8x, and CrossFire is enabled

On a Windows Vista-based portable computer, you use a VGA cable to connect an external display. For example, you connect a monitor, a projector, or a television to the portable computer. The screen may flash when you connect the external display or when you use the external display. This problem occurs if one of the following conditions is true:

• The VGA cable is long.
• Multiple VGA cables are connected to one another.
• The VGA cable does not have effective electromagnetic shielding.

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• RealPlayer 11 Beta for Windows XP and Vista
  The new version looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11, and can download flash videos to the RealPlayer
  (tags: Beta Compatibility Video Flash )
• Windows Vista DVD: Who Are Those People In That Picture?
  Pretty cool, a holographic picture, very tiny, on the Vista DVD. The picture includes three men, and I’m going to guess that they worked on the holographic covering to the DVD which presumably makes it easier to tell if it’s a legitimate DVD.
  (tags: PR Humor )

The new version looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11, and can download flash videos to the RealPlayer Keep reading →

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Display Driver 7.3
• Radeonâ„¢ X1650 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Symptoms:
When using an Apple 30″ Cinema Display at its native resolution or resolution higher than 1280×800, users may notice flashing or scrolling red or green dots on the screen when viewing a dark background.