I have one Windows machine, my work machine. I have been using a Chromebook for years and Linux machines at home, I have no need for any Windows device there. If site won't update they get phased out, same as something like support for XP, it eventually has to go away for the good of all. for not telling them to go find replacements.

Blaming the sites that have neglected updating anything is very valid, as well as blaming the district staff for not finding replacements, and maybe the district IT Dept. I have an older Chromebook I am using now that may never get the Play Store, so what! If I need something from there I will get another one that is supported or I will find an alternative, or do without, no problem.Īs for Flash, Google and the IT community have essentially declared it a bane of existence and Google has warned for years that they are phasing out direct support for it. The Play Store has to be phased in because of hardware issues as well as the software ones. The Chromebooks are very flexible, if you have the ability to manage them which your district has apparently denied you access to. So now we are stuck with devices that are more and more useless.ĭon't blame Google for the shortcomings of you district. Or, Android devices would be a better choice as some of these websites have apps but the Dell Chromebooks don't use Google Play Store. You can restrict user access with Deep Freeze.

To blame the developers of these websites that use Flash is not useful either (I hear that from other techs). Google Admin is pretty useless unless you are a Super GMail Admin, and even a SGA enabling Flash on the server doesn't work as of version 62. Yes, they do work (sort of) but, supporting them is tedious. This school year I was placed in an elementary school as the tech and support 250 Chromebooks of the 1,200 we bought last year. windows server 2012R2 domain I followed instructions hereĪlways runs plugins that require authorization So, you may have to choose 'Always allow on this site' and close/reload tabĪs far as doing this via GPO in e.g. Often however, chrome never asks me to enable Flash content!. You can also click the info icon / padlock on a website (next to URL) to get right to flash settings for a website 'Ask first before allowing sites to run Flash (recommended) Under Adobe Flash Player, click the Check for update button.Ĭlick on Show Advanced Settings and then click on Content Settings under Privacy. Open another tab and type in chrome://components. Make sure that Prefer HTML over Flash and Run all Flash content when Flash setting is set to “allow” are set to Default.

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