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Hello, with the release of version 55 or 56 of chrome, Google started blocking flash by default. This is causing major issues for my school district because the majority of the student websites require flash. We found that by putting ' *Flash* ' under the Enabled Plug-ins section of the Google Admin console that it becomes a forced policy for people who are signed into chrome on windows PCs but it does not work on chromebooks where we need it too, or on the student PCs that do not have users signed into chrome (I couldn't find a Windows GPO that looked like it would work either) Anyone have any ideas of how I can force this policy on the chromebook through google admin and on PCs through a windows GPO? Edited Mar 6, 2017 at 21:18 UTC. Hi, Chrome is now on version 58 and I think chrome://plugins was removed in chrome 57 Here are some useful tips: Check flash settings via chrome://flags Make sure that Prefer HTML over Flash and Run all Flash content when Flash setting is set to “allow” are set to Default. Open another tab and type in chrome://components.

Under Adobe Flash Player, click the Check for update button. In chrome://settings/ click on Show Advanced Settings and then click on Content Settings under Privacy. Here you can choose 'Allow sites to run Flash' Safest to choose 'Ask first before allowing sites to run Flash (recommended) ' and choose via 'Manage exceptions ' You can also click the info icon / padlock on a website (next to URL) to get right to flash settings for a website e.g. Choose: Use global default (Ask) Often however, chrome never asks me to enable Flash content!

So, you may have to choose 'Always allow on this site' and close/reload tab As far as doing this via GPO in e.g. Windows server 2012R2 domain I followed instructions here eg. See Allow running plugins that are outdated Always runs plugins that require authorization Default plugins setting here are my computer policies. This school year I was placed in an elementary school as the tech and support 250 Chromebooks of the 1,200 we bought last year. I have been supporting PCs for 12 years. I have to say, I hate the Chromebooks. Yes, they do work (sort of) but, supporting them is tedious.

There is little flexibility in set up. Google Admin is pretty useless unless you are a Super GMail Admin, and even a SGA enabling Flash on the server doesn't work as of version 62. To blame the developers of these websites that use Flash is not useful either (I hear that from other techs). Windows is so customizable. You can restrict user access with Deep Freeze.

Or, Android devices would be a better choice as some of these websites have apps but the Dell Chromebooks don't use Google Play Store. So now we are stuck with devices that are more and more useless. Charlenesanders wrote: This school year I was placed in an elementary school as the tech and support 250 Chromebooks of the 1,200 we bought last year.

I have been supporting PCs for 12 years. I have to say, I hate the Chromebooks. Yes, they do work (sort of) but, supporting them is tedious. There is little flexibility in set up. Google Admin is pretty useless unless you are a Super GMail Admin, and even a SGA enabling Flash on the server doesn't work as of version 62. To blame the developers of these websites that use Flash is not useful either (I hear that from other techs).

Windows is so customizable. You can restrict user access with Deep Freeze.

Or, Android devices would be a better choice as some of these websites have apps but the Dell Chromebooks don't use Google Play Store. So now we are stuck with devices that are more and more useless.

Don't blame Google for the shortcomings of you district. The Chromebooks are very flexible, if you have the ability to manage them which your district has apparently denied you access to. Not a Google nor a Chromebooks issue. The Play Store has to be phased in because of hardware issues as well as the software ones. I have an older Chromebook I am using now that may never get the Play Store, so what! If I need something from there I will get another one that is supported or I will find an alternative, or do without, no problem.