text: my computer looks like it is installing micromedia flash player, but nothing works any better. what do i do?   you can try manually downloading the macromedia flash player at:  http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?p1_prod_version=shockwaveflash&promoid=biow  this will allow you to view flash animation and play flash games.  it won't make your computer perform better or faster.