# disabling flash?

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 6:21:49

is there a way to do it. i know before my computer was reformatted, i never had a problem with it, and now i do. so um, is there any way you can disable it?

## Post 2 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 11:25:45

Why do you want to do this?

## Post 3 by BB (move over school!) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 11:41:17

You can set JAWS to ignore flash in the configuration manager.

## Post 4 by bozmagic (The rottie's your best friend if you want him/her to be, lol.) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 12:28:53

You could disable Flash, but a lot of websites these days use it for various functions, menues and stuff.

## Post 5 by AngelKisses (An angel with no Halo) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 13:04:03

If you are using jaws 7 it is in the personalized settings i think. I had to turn mine off because on certain websites I couldn't see any items or anything. So you have to disable it within the screan reader....just ignoring it in the configuration manager didnt' work. Personalized settings...jsut don't remember the key stroke to get to that. I'll have to think and post back later.

## Post 6 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 20-Apr-2007 13:19:53

So many websites need flash.

## Post 7 by sjtaylor (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Saturday, 21-Apr-2007 21:55:51

there is a way to disable the shockwave plug-in, which will stop annoying music etc coming on when you load pages.
Only do it if you are familiar with your internet options.
It's under programs, then manage addons. it's called shockwave flash object. disable it. If you ever wanna see flash again, you'll have to re-enable the plugin via the same method.

## Post 8 by Senior (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Tuesday, 24-Apr-2007 14:03:11

Configuration manager which is insert 6, then go to options menu in menu bar, then go to html options, then go to misk, then tab and check the option connected with flash. Since my computer was reformated, Flash has displayed things incorrectly with Jaws 8. It loads part of a page within the flash which is outside the flash, and the flash movy isn't loaded at all. I know not why that happens, though with Internet explorer 7 and Jaws 7 it'll load properly if in configuration manager, an option to use legacy internet explorer support is checked. I fcurrently use Jaws 8 except if I need to use a flash movy.

## Post 9 by ISeeZip (Veteran Zoner) on Thursday, 03-May-2007 15:52:31

a semi-related note,
if you are wanting to get rid of sound made by flash on websites, there is a small app called flash mute that lets you press ctrl alt m to toggle on and off the sound in flash movies.
I found the link on the gw micro blog
www.gwmicro.com/blog
this program works with jaws also.
Shawn