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Dear Pat, please forgive my total ignorance about programs. I'm confused as to why when I had only my Windows Media Player with a plain Adobe I could watch all videos and such, and now suddenly I can't watch them unless I install the Adobe Flash Player and a number of other programs too???

I try to avoid using up so much more memory as programs take, as my computer is pretty old (though works well) and it doesn't have much capacity for installing more memory.

"If you want to play Youtube videos, you will need Adobe Flash Player."

If there's no other choice, I'll install Adobe Flash Player, but will this be sufficient to view videos/Youtube, etc. without having to install more programs?

"If you want to play downloadable videos such as MPEG files, you will need Windows Media Player."

Does "downloadable videos such as MPEG files," mean to copy a video to another place via downloading it? I wondered how to do that when sometimes people ask me to email them a video and didn't know I could use the Windows Media Player which I already have...

"For other file formats you may need other players such as QuickTime or Real Player."

Would you kindly tell me which are the "other file formats" and how can I tell if they are really necessary for me?

"To see what version of Flash Player you have, click on this link <http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/> "

I must not have it since each time I try to open a video or Youtube it doesnt let me view it and a flashing popup urges me to "GET THE LATEST FLASH PLAYER".

"P.S. If you don't need/use Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition, you can uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs."

Thank you for telling me, I've uninstalled it and am happy! :) Also thank you for alerting me to NOT install Adobe Media Player.

So far I haven't been able to open any of the videos, Youtube, etc. I receive, so will appreciate it so much if you and/or others could help me understand this, for which, my deepest thanks!! :) Adela