"Your pop up blocker also might be blocking it."
ok, that was clearly my case, at least part way. now I enable pop-ups from woe-is-I, get the little video window, and then get need "requires Active-x supported by IE5 or NS7.1" but then the just times out.
Active-X is EXACTLY the nasty, rip-your-machine-up, rapeable beast that nobdody should be running on Internet.
So I run IE watch the vids, close IE.
