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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the great question Willie, you’ve motivated me to consider this more deeply:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>“Adobe” is the key word, the “Adobe” Flash Player is history. Many folks like Google, Apple have migrated away from Adobe already, using a variety of competitive Flash Players. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All Windows updates are always free, some “upgrades” are not. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>An hour ago, I updated my HP Laptop, to 20H2, the entire process took 10 minutes, runs fine, this is a contrast to the 8 hour update of my Lenovo desktop, which is nearly new. It now appears the Lenovo has some hardware anomaly which I’m troubleshooting now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>73 Henry – WA1VAB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> William Smith <w_smith@compusmiths.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> hgcsenior@gmail.com<br><b>Cc:</b> w1hh <bars@w1hh.org>; Bruce Blain <bruce.blain@charter.net>; Eric Wilhelm W1RVY <ecwilcom@msn.com>; Fred Bacon N1TF <n1tf@live.com>; Frederick Beihold NV1N <northernpike@startmail.com>; John Merkle AJ1DM <AJ1dm@ARRL.NET>; John Pavao WA1LPM <lajdpavao@comcast.net>; Marcia Forde KW1U <kw1u@comcast.net>; Timothy Doyle W1TCD <timdoyle741@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] Adobe Flash Player end of life was yesterday January 12<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not to be dense, but:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 13, 2021, at 3:28 PM, <<a href="mailto:hgcsenior@gmail.com">hgcsenior@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:hgcsenior@gmail.com">hgcsenior@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Microsoft released a Flash player free OS upgrade for W10<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does that mean that the latest Win10 contains a Flash Player function that doesn't cost anything, or that the latest Win10 is free of any Flash encumbrances?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>[I need Flash for a few hardware things that may never get upgraded, so I need a path forward....]<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73, Willie N1JBJ<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>