14 DAY TRIAL // Adobe has provided an update, as well as a fix, for the hardware acceleration issues affecting some Internet Explorer 9 users running the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.3. The company has released a testing build that fixes the bug, but it needs people to confirm that it works for everyone, before releasing it via the regular channels.
"Thanks to everyone who has provided information on their system and driver versions. This has helped us work on identifying a fix for the SWF rendering issue," Adobe wrote.
"This bug was exposed due to some changes we made to blocklist certain incompatible drivers from using hardware acceleration in Flash Player," it explained the cause of the issues.
Adobe is now providing an Adobe Flash Player build which fixes the issues as far as the company has been able to test. However, it needs more reports from users experiencing problems to confirm that the fix is working.
"We have confirmed this fixes the SWF rendering in the wrong location on the machines where we have reproduced the problem. As there are many configurations and driver combinations that we don’t have in our testing lab, your feedback is important to ensure we have a good resolution," Adobe explained.
After Adobe Flash Player 10.3 rolled out, some IE9 users started complaining about strange issues, such as Flash content rendering on the edge of the window rather than where it should have been located on the page.
Adobe acknowledged the problem last week and has been working on a solution. Temporary fixes proposed were turning off hardware acceleration in IE9 and updating the drivers for some Intel video adapters.
The pre-release build that fixes the issue is available from Adobe. It may not work for everyone, so you should look at the other temporary fixes if you still have problems.