How-To: Get Rid of the Hello Message on Youtube

I'm sure you've probably gone crazy one day when trying to view your favorite music video on Youtube. Instead of seeing your video load you see plain-text that says: Hello, either you have JavaScript turned off or you don't have the newest version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Click here to download it. After reading this several times, you decide the best course of action is to scream at the computer until it works (The message obviously didn't make any sense). In the quick how-to article we will demystify the meaning of the message and discuss ways to avoid it. Read More...

OK, so what exactly does the weird Hello message means. Well to keep it simple JavaScript is a language that your browser understands and executes along with the visual code (Called HTML) that you see on your screen. Macromedia's Flash is an interactive environment that is developed by Adobe (formerly Macromedia). It is the environment that most online games are developed in (and not to mention, the Youtube video player). Due to some of Youtube's features, JavaScript and Flash interact together to display the video you see on your screen. The first thing we need to check is if you have JavaScript enabled. It is different for all browsers, but I will do it for the most common browsers.

Enable JavaScript in Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools
2. Internet Options
3. The Security Tab
4. And then the Custom Level Button
5. Scroll down to almost the bottom and find the Scripting section
6. The first option should be Active Scripting
7. Click the Enable Option
8. Click OK
9. Yes
10. Apply
11. And then OK again

Enable JavaScript in Firefox

1. Click Tools
2. Options
3. Under the Content tab check Enable Javascript
4. Click OK

As you can see from above Mozilla Firefox is WAY better then Internet Explorer (7 Steps Better). Now let's check to see if you have the most up-to-date version of Adobe Flash Player. You can do this by going to Adobe's Download Site. Well, that pretty much wraps up this article. I hope this has helped you with your Youtube problems!