On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 08:59 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 18:54 -0500, Rod Haper wrote: > > After a couple of days of Googling for info, I happened upon a > > work-around for the problem. > > > > Click on Tools->Extensions to pop up the Extensions window. Then click > > on the "Get More Extensions" link at the bottom of the window to bring > > up the Firefox Add-ons page. Use the Search function to search for > > "User Agent Switcher". > > <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59>. Download the User > > Agent Switcher and restart Firefox to complete the install. Then > > right-click on the tool bar at the top and select the "Customize..." > > option. Drag-n-drop the User Agent icon onto the tool bar. Left click > > the User Agent icon and select the "Netscape 4.8 (Windows Vista)" > > option. CNN videos will not play correctly. > > > > I haven't played with User Agent Switcher enough to know if the problem > > is CNN rejecting Firefox, Linux or the combination of the two but > > spoofing the server as Netscape 4.8 running on Windows Vista works. It > > will be interesting to see what other spoofing combinations work. > > > > -- > > Rod > > > Here is the thing.It is Tools-> Add-ons > Then one clicks on Get Extensaions > > Wikth those corrections I went through your whole process but CNN stil > does not work, so I am still frustrated, I installed the above add-on and the cnn videos worked. I just click on the icon first, selected netscape for vista and then proceeded to watch the videos. They seemed to work just fine doing it that way. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "Best little town on Earth!"