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SHADOWDARK2
Scratcher
4 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

Thank goodness I'm not the only one with this issue. A simple “Forever -> Change color effect by 1” (Rainbow Effect) spikes my CPU, which is an Intel Core i7 4470k @ 3.5 Ghz to 99% in the usage widget. Way more intensive applications such as Photoshop and games like CoD Black Ops 2 only manage to push my CPU to 24% on average.


*Edit*

This fixed the problem. Here, have an internet cookie.

Dear Adobe, fix your resource-hogging plugins.

Last edited by SHADOWDARK2 (Sept. 1, 2013 21:18:26)

DigiTechs
Scratcher
500+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

nathanprocks wrote:

Happiny-64 wrote:

I find this very helpful. HOW DO YOU GET SCREENSHOTS THOUGH? / O_O /
Windows: Use snipping tool
Mac: Press Command+Shift+3 for full screen or Command+Shift+4 to get only part of the screen. Screenshots on Mac are saved to the desktop.
I just print-screen (it's a keyboard key) and paste into Paint and crop the image it's kinda easier
nathanprocks
Scratcher
1000+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

DigiTechs wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Happiny-64 wrote:

I find this very helpful. HOW DO YOU GET SCREENSHOTS THOUGH? / O_O /
Windows: Use snipping tool
Mac: Press Command+Shift+3 for full screen or Command+Shift+4 to get only part of the screen. Screenshots on Mac are saved to the desktop.
I just print-screen (it's a keyboard key) and paste into Paint and crop the image it's kinda easier
I think print screen is annoying to use.
davidkt
Scratcher
1000+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

nathanprocks wrote:

DigiTechs wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Happiny-64 wrote:

I find this very helpful. HOW DO YOU GET SCREENSHOTS THOUGH? / O_O /
Windows: Use snipping tool
Mac: Press Command+Shift+3 for full screen or Command+Shift+4 to get only part of the screen. Screenshots on Mac are saved to the desktop.
I just print-screen (it's a keyboard key) and paste into Paint and crop the image it's kinda easier
I think print screen is annoying to use.
I always use Snipping Tool.
eventexception
Scratcher
96 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

SHADOWDARK2 wrote:

Thank goodness I'm not the only one with this issue. A simple “Forever -> Change color effect by 1” (Rainbow Effect) spikes my CPU, which is an Intel Core i7 4470k @ 3.5 Ghz to 99% in the usage widget. Way more intensive applications such as Photoshop and games like CoD Black Ops 2 only manage to push my CPU to 24% on average.

Thanks for your post. I use old hardware and wondered why my once featured simple timer project became dead slow.

Folks keep in mind using old plugins bear a security threat to your computer, a gateway for malware.
Therefore either use an isolated system or do not downgrade

reference: https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/help/java-adobe.aspx
MS Malware Protection Center

shadowspear1
Scratcher
38 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

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Folks keep in mind using old plugins bear a security threat to your computer, a gateway for malware.
Therefore either use an isolated system or do not downgrade


Thanks for this, I'll include it in the post.

Last edited by shadowspear1 (Sept. 27, 2013 23:34:40)

davidkt
Scratcher
1000+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

Sorry for necropost. But why do you need an uninstaller? Just right-click Start > Programs and Features > Adobe Flash Player 12 Plugin > Uninstall. It's that simple.
CSKL
Scratcher
5 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

I'm using chrome on mac os 10.6.8 and have the pepper flash installed and tried following these very hopeful instructions on removing flash and reinstalling an older version. The uninstall didn't work (no big deal since you can enable/disable). The install of the old flash crashes consistently at 42% of the installation process. Anyone seen this before?
Znapi
Scratcher
500+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

CSKL wrote:

I'm using chrome on mac os 10.6.8 and have the pepper flash installed and tried following these very hopeful instructions on removing flash and reinstalling an older version. The uninstall didn't work (no big deal since you can enable/disable). The install of the old flash crashes consistently at 42% of the installation process. Anyone seen this before?
I'm not sure this will even speed up Scratch anymore, this topic is two years old. Plus, it is better to have the latest flash now because old versions have major security holes.
GeneralCustard
Scratcher
1 post

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

I did the tutorial and everything worked but I can no longer play scratch games. I get this message “Oh Noes! Scratch project cannot display.
Flash player is disabled, missing, or less than version 10.2. Get Adobe Flash player” pls help
wondergirl1122
Scratcher
56 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

I won't download anything, and I have been on scratch for a good year using the OPERA browser. Its just, today, i keep pressing the “Click to run Above flash player” and nothing happens. I can't veiw anyone project now; not even mine!
comp09
Scratcher
1000+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

wondergirl1122 wrote:

I won't download anything, and I have been on scratch for a good year using the OPERA browser. Its just, today, i keep pressing the “Click to run Above flash player” and nothing happens. I can't veiw anyone project now; not even mine!
Please don't necropost. At this time, this thread is irrelevant.
Alexander32
Scratcher
35 posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

shadowspear1 wrote:

If anyone besides me is irritated at the amount of lag, this is what you have to do (To have this work on Chrome, type in “chrome://plugins” then go to the top right, click “Details” so that it shows 2 versions of Flash. Now disable the top version of Flash, or the one that says “PepperFlash” in it). The lag is not Scratch's fault, but instead it is Adobe Flash's. We are here to fix that.

-If you don't have Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, or Internet Explorer, download and install those first (You will have to go on Scratch on either of these 3 browsers that you choose to have the lag fix installed in). After that, search Adobe Flash Player Uninstall (Adobe Flash Uninstall Site), then run the program to uninstall it from your computer. Now, go to search again but this time look up Adobe Flash Archive.
-Click on the link for Archived Flash Player Versions (Adobe Flash Player Version Archive Site). Now hit CTRL+F to search for ‘11.7.700.169’ on the page (not including the apostrophes). This is the version that we want, so go ahead and download that. It's a pretty big file, so it may take awhile.



-After it is complete, go to your downloads folder, and move that file we just got (called ‘fp_11.7.700.169_archive’) to your desktop. Here you should right click on the ZIP folder, and click ‘Extract Here’.



-It should produce a regular folder with the same name. Go inside that folder and open the folder that does not have the word ‘debug’ at the end of it.



-Inside here, there are lots of things. What we need are the .exe files that end with ‘_win.exe’ and ‘_winax.exe’. If you use Internet Explorer run the ‘_winax.exe’ to install it. If you use a browser besides Internet Explorer, run the ‘_win.exe’ to install it.
(NOTE: this installs the version to ALL browsers that apply. For example, if you run “_win.exe” it will install it on Firefox AND Chrome.)




Congratulations! There should be no more lag



Now you can visit the site: (Adobe Flash Version Site) to see what version you are using. It should say 11.7.700.169. If you can't see the movie where it says, check your plugins and make sure it think that that Flash version is safe. It may try to get you to update it, but don't as that is what caused the lag in the first place





Keep in mind using old plugins bear a security threat to your computer, a gateway for malware.
Therefore either use an isolated system(and be safe with what you're doing online) or do not downgrade.


You said it would do both mozilla and chrome for non internet explorer versions, does microsoft edge count as internet explorer or other?
djdolphin
Scratcher
1000+ posts

How to revert Flash Player (make Scratch fast again)

comp09 wrote:

Please don't necropost. At this time, this thread is irrelevant.

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