rrrrg! #$%&^@# Microsoft again!

[texxs]

Did microsoft change something with their browsers again? Since my last windows update I've noticed the websites that I've edited and added Flash with DreamWeaverMX 2004 don't play (they're there they just don't play.) they worked just fine before. Here's an example:
Tampa Bay Fishing Report
Here's the code:

<object classid="clsid:166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab#version=8,5,0,0" width="468" height="60">
    <param name="src" value="Flash/supportCenter460_v1.swf">
    <param name="BGCOLOR" value="#ABAFB8">
	<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
    <embed src="Flash/supportCenter460_v1.swf" width="468" height="60" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/" bgcolor="#ABAFB8"></embed>
  </object>

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Also. . .
Anyone having trouble with the

<param name="wmode" value="transparent">

tag?
Some times it works
example:http://cs4u.cc/ at bottom of page
Sometimes it doesn't:
example:Tampa Bay Fishing Report

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Anyone know what's up with these two issues?

[ADAM Web Design]

I'm not sure if this will solve your one issue, but:

<PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="true">

might get the vid to play automatically.

As far as your second, your issue may be code validation. I doubt it, but it can't hurt:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...PeteReport.htm

[texxs]

As soon as I saw the auto start param I was like duh! why didn't I remember that? but sadly :( it didn't work . . .

It's been a while since I used a validator . . . they're so crazy, it's not their fault tho. It's the propriatary tags out there that give them fits I quess. But still I can't really tell from it wether my code is correct or not. It always says my flash code is incorrect no matter how I've written it. You?
I used a transitional doc type, but whatever, it sure is complicated now a days . . .
It also gave me several false "open tag" errors which I've never seen before, but I can handle that.

unrelated:
Did anyone else notice that http://www.w3.org/ has a PR of 10! impressive!

[mtheory]

You seem to be calling on the shockwave player instead of Flash. Here is the way your code should read:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="https://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="468" height="60" id="home" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="Flash/supportCenter460_v1.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ABAFB8" />
<embed src="Flash/supportCenter460_v1.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ABAFB8" width="468" height="60" name="home" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

[texxs]

Ahhh that would explain a lot!

it's right here:

/cabs/director/sw.cab#vers . . .

instead of:

cabs/flash/swflash.cab#vers

Thanks a ton, Mtheory!