pop up tells me I need to download Silverlight 2 to view MSN

scrapulous · scrapulous #1 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 09:49 AM

This just started happening a few days ago when MSN changed the look of their home page. I have MSN.com set to my home page, and every time I try to open it I get a pop up saying

"Safari can't find the internet plug in. The page “MSN.com” has content of MIME type “application/x-silverlight-2”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed."

I don't know what content is not being displayed, because the page loads fine once I hit "okay," so I don't know if I really need to download Silverlight 2 or not. I don't even know what Silverlight 2 is. Why would I need it all of a sudden, when I've never needed it before? I really hate downloading more stuff if I don't really need it. I try to keep it simple.

So, is this happening to anyone else? Do I really need to download Silverlight 2?

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 10:02 AM

I would go ahead and install it - but I'd do it from the MS homepage - link.

You'll need it for watching Netflix movies. It is also installed by default with Snow Leopard. It does nothing on your system unless you open a page that uses it's codec for video.

I'm not sure if there is a PPC version since you've supplied us with no other details about your machine.

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #3 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 10:04 AM

Silverlight is Microsoft's attempt to create something like Adobe's Flash. It's a technology that's used by websites to create dynamic content. It's been largely ignored on the whole as Flash has almost become the de-facto standard..however a lot of MS-related websites are using that to try to push their technology out.

So it's perfectly OK to ignore it and move on..

Regards

bobtomay · bobtomay #4 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 10:06 AM

You can also ignore it. It's being used for proprietary (read DRM'd) content.

scrapulous · scrapulous #5 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 11:14 AM

Thanks everyone. I'd love to ignore it, but the problem with that is I have to click "ok" every time I open msn.com to get the pop up to go away.

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #6 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 11:32 AM

The only way around that pop-up would be to actually install silverlight or use a different site as your home page..

Regards

scrapulous · scrapulous #7 (**permalink**)

03-26-2010, 08:03 PM

Thank you.

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scrapulous #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2008 Posts: 30	03-26-2010, 09:49 AM This just started happening a few days ago when MSN changed the look of their home page. I have MSN.com set to my home page, and every time I try to open it I get a pop up saying "Safari can't find the internet plug in. The page “MSN.com” has content of MIME type “application/x-silverlight-2”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed." I don't know what content is not being displayed, because the page loads fine once I hit "okay," so I don't know if I really need to download Silverlight 2 or not. I don't even know what Silverlight 2 is. Why would I need it all of a sudden, when I've never needed it before? I really hate downloading more stuff if I don't really need it. I try to keep it simple. So, is this happening to anyone else? Do I really need to download Silverlight 2?
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scrapulous #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2008 Posts: 30	03-26-2010, 11:14 AM Thanks everyone. I'd love to ignore it, but the problem with that is I have to click "ok" every time I open msn.com to get the pop up to go away.
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Raz0rEdge #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Location: MA Posts: 5,845 Mac Specs: 27" i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 1TB HDD, iPhone 3G & 4, iPod Nano 16GB, iPod Shuffle, iPad 2 16GB WiFi	03-26-2010, 11:32 AM The only way around that pop-up would be to actually install silverlight or use a different site as your home page.. Regards
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scrapulous #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2008 Posts: 30	03-26-2010, 08:03 PM Thank you.
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