Developing its strategy of global competition with other ICT “monsters”, Microsoft worked hard to create a new software product - media technology for creating and broadcasting web applications and media content on the World Wide Web - Silverlight. By using Microsoft Silverlight You can access multimedia content on websites using your Internet browser. This technology was immediately called a competitor Adobe Flash.

First beta Silverlight was released in December 2006.

At the beginning of September 2007 it was released Silverlight v.1.0.

What's happened Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser and cross-platform development that is designed to create and demonstrate various media applications via the World Wide Web. Silverlight is a browser add-on (plugin) that runs on operating systems Mac OS X And Windows, with browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox And Safari. Silverlight supports XAML And JavaScript(starting from version 1.1 support was added .NET).

Silverlight allows you to play WMV, WMA And MP3 in all supported browsers (without requiring additional components such as Windows Media Player).

Brief explanations

XAML(abbreviated from English) eXtensible Application Markup Language) – platform interface language Windows Vista, which is used to describe, first of all, the user interface. XAML includes four main categories of elements: panels, controls, document-related elements, and graphic shapes. XAML widely used in .NET Framework 3.0.

Microsoft .NET Framework– software technology designed for creating both regular programs and web applications. First proposed by the corporation as a development platform Microsoft. One of the main ideas Microsoft .NET is the compatibility of different services written in different languages. Just like technology Java, development environment .NET creates bytecode intended for execution by a virtual machine.

JavaScript– a scripting language based on the language Java.

Etymology of the name

silver(English) – silver, silvery.

light(English) – light.

Platform development Silverlight

October 13, 2008 Microsoft officially presented the version Silverlight 2.0. This version contains many innovations, the main ones relating to data security, greater accessibility and work with a greater number of source data formats. Content owners Microsoft hopes to attract new built-in digital rights management system DRM production company PlayReady. Silverlight 2 available for three major operating systems – Windows, Mac And Linux.

Simultaneously with the presentation of the new product, the corporation announced a new initiative to work with opensource- the community, in particular in Eclipse Foundation libraries and codes were sent to work with Sliverlight 2 in open source software. Published under license Microsoft Permissive License development kit Silverlight Control Pack (SCP) should expand the use of development Microsoft V Linux.

"We released Silverlight 1 a little over a year ago, and already every fourth Internet user has the plugin installed on his PC Silverlight. The new version of this system represents a radical improvement for both users and web application developers,” said Scott Guthrie ( Scott Guthrie), corporate vice president .NET Developer Division, presenting Silverlight 2.

Six months after its release, the platform Silverlight 2.0 has been downloaded and installed more than 300 million times, and is used by over 400 thousand developers and designers.

March 18, 2009 Microsoft introduced a beta version Silverlight 3.0.

The beta version adds support for new animation features, 3D graphics, and video standards H.264, audio coding standard Advanced Audio Coding (A.A.C.) and GPU accelerators ( GPU). The quality of text display and the use of effects based on hardware acceleration has been improved. Users can rotate and zoom streaming content. This feature also allows you to create 3D queues and transitions.

Web applications can now run without using a web browser, directly on Desktop. Technology has also been improved Smooth Streaming, allowing you to play videos on the Internet without delays. Smooth Streaming automatically adjusts video quality depending on the channel speed and processor load. Added support for playing full-screen high-definition video Full HD(with a resolution of 720 pixels and higher).

Application Silverlight

According to representatives Microsoft, usage Silverlight will significantly reduce the cost of creating interactive web services, since the development is easily integrated with existing technologies (for example, with the format Windows Media).

Silverlight can display high-resolution video and supports high-quality HD-video. By using Expression Studio And Visual Studio, website designers and developers can create their own internet applications using Silverlight.

Promoting Silverlight, Microsoft entered into partnership agreements with many popular portals and integrated a web player based on Silverlight. Thus, Microsoft came into direct conflict with Adobe Flash, on the basis of which, for example, one of the most popular portal web players on the Internet works YouTube.

As stated by Brian Goldfarb ( Brian Goldfarb), product group manager Microsoft, the corporation intends to actively negotiate with many media companies in order to persuade them to use Silverlight when publishing multimedia content on the Internet.

By using Silverlight The inaugurations of Presidents Medvedev (in particular, the Vesti channel) and Obama, as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, were broadcast on the Internet. It is already known that the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will also be broadcast on the basis Silverlight.

– download and run the installation file;

- in the window Install Silverlight click the button Install now;

– after a short installation process a window will appear Installation successfull –> Close;

– restart the browser;

– you can use the plugin.

Update Microsoft Silverlight

If you do not change the settings in the configuration window Silverlight, program Microsoft Silverlight will periodically check the website for updates Microsoft to provide users with the latest features and improvements. At the same time, in Microsoft A request is sent containing standard information about the computer. After this, a small file containing information about the latest version Microsoft Silverlight, will be downloaded to the user's computer and compared with the currently installed version. If a new version is available Microsoft Silverlight, then it will be downloaded and installed on your computer.

How to change update settings Microsoft Silverlight

– Right-click the content displayed in Microsoft Silverlight, and select Silverlight Configuration;

– go to the tab Updates;

– select one of the following options:

Install updates automatically (recommended). In this case, all patches, new features, and updates are automatically installed on your computer. This option is used in Microsoft Silverlight default;

Check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them. In this case, notifications will be displayed when updates are ready to be downloaded and installed on your computer;

Do not check for updates (not recommended). In this case, notifications about the release of hotfixes (including security fixes), new features, and updates will not appear.

You can configure Group Policy to disable automatic updates Microsoft Silverlight. To do this, in the section [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Silverlight] should be created REG_DWORD-parameter UpdateMode with meaning 0x00000002. After this, your computer will not automatically check for updates. Microsoft Silverlight.

But still…

Of course, in technologies like Adobe Flash And Microsoft Silverlight, the most exciting, spectacular and interesting thing is animation. By creating bright, beautiful, picturesque effects, animation “revitalizes” web applications and makes them interactive!..

…Although Microsoft strongly promotes Silverlight, still technology Adobe Flash so far remains unsurpassed and unshakable. But who knows what will happen in our Bright Digital Future?!.

Notes

4. Browser will receive official support Silverlight in subsequent versions (although the hackers could not stand it and unofficially “attached” Silverlight To Opera).

5. For OS Linux corporation Microsoft develops Silverlight(entitled Moonlight) together with the company Novell.

6. Minimum system requirements for installation Silverlight:

– Windows: processor (x86 or x64) with a clock frequency of at least 500 MHz; 128 MB RAM;

– Mac OS 10.4.8+ (PowerPC): processor PowerPC G4 with a clock frequency of at least 800 MHz; 128 MB RAM;

– Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel): processor Intel Core Duo with a clock frequency of at least 1.83 GHz; 128 MB RAM.

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Microsoft Silverlight is a plugin used by some websites to display multimedia content. This article describes how to verify that you have Silverlight installed and how to install or update it.

Checking for Silverlight Availability

To determine if you have the Silverlight plugin installed, visit the page on the Microsoft website. If Silverlight is installed, you will see a message about your version of Silverlight.

Installing Silverlight

If you do not have Silverlight installed, follow the "Installation Instructions" page on the Microsoft website.

Silverlight Update

If Silverlight is installed but its version is outdated, the page will show the installed version and the current version of Silverlight.

Note: Silverlight has an automatic update feature, so manual updates may not be necessary. Read the Microsoft article Silverlight Preferences Dialog for more information.

Uninstall Silverlight

To uninstall Silverlight, follow the instructions for "Uninstalling Silverlight" on the Microsoft Silverlight Downloads page on the Microsoft website.

Silverlight installed but not working

Mozilla blocks outdated versions of Silverlight, causing sites like Netfix to display a message asking you to install Silverlight. To fix this please update your Silverlight installation to the latest version by visiting the page on the Microsoft website.

Silverlight is a cross-browser and cross-system software platform from Microsoft. In its functionality and purpose, it is similar to Adobe Flash technology: playback of audio and video content, display of vector graphics and animation effects.
On the Internet you can find many web resources that use the capabilities of Microsoft Silverlight. In order for them to be displayed correctly and fully function in Firefox, the user needs to install the Silverlight browser plugin on their PC.
Once installed, FF will automatically detect it on the system and connect it. Installing the plugin will not take much time - after 10 minutes Firefox will have new tools for web browsing in its arsenal.
Instructions for downloading and installing the plugin:
1. Go to the Silverlight download page on the Microsoft website.

2. Click on the inscription<Установите плагин …>

3. In the new tab that opens, click the button

4. FF will ask you to confirm saving the plugin installer on your PC. Click<Сохранить файл>

5. Run the downloaded installer with administrator rights

6. The installation window will appear. You need to click on it<Установить сейчас>

7. Wait for the installation procedure to complete

8. After installation, a window will appear with the plugin update settings. For automatic mode, you need to check the box next to the words “Allow updates from ....” and click<Далее>

9. If all installation operations are completed correctly, information about correct installation will appear. Press the button<Закрыть>

10. To make sure Firefox has enabled the Silverlight plugin, you need to go to the browser options menu<Инструменты>, choose<Дополнения>and in the tab that opens, click<Плагины>. “Silverlight Plug-In” should appear on the right side of the panel, in the directory of connected plugins.

That's all, the plugin is installed, now in the FF browser you can enjoy all the interactive benefits of Microsoft Silverlight while surfing.

I wanted to ask Microsoft specialists, because all other methods have been exhausted, no one can help. The problem is that I wanted to install Silverlight (more precisely, I don’t really need it as such :), but Netflix doesn’t work without it).

Yes, I’ll tell you right away, the system is 7 32 bit. Several browsers are installed - IE10, FireFox, Chrome.

And now any installation attempt ends in failure. I tried to run it from different browsers, without a browser at all, silverlight.exe - the result was the same - “Could not install.” Moreover, at first the “Additional information” button did not work at all. Then it suddenly started working and began displaying on the Microsoft website with the message:

Message ID: 1622

The installation log file could not be written. Verify that the Temp folder exists and that you can write to it.

I don't understand why this is such nonsense. I installed so many programs, and not a single one complained. There are no problems with the file system. The windows\Temp directory exists and is accessible. Moreover, I even created a special C:\TEMP for him, I thought maybe he would complain about it. The same.

Accordingly, the question is: what can prevent the program from installing? I read somewhere on the site here that this could possibly be related to the system language? But why doesn't this stop all other programs? Is there any way to install this crap yet? I'm just curious, after all.

Hello everyone Today I will tell you about a plugin called Microsoft Silverlight, which is needed for any multimedia to work on a website. Well, that is, some kind of animation, audio and video playback, in general, Microsoft Silverlight is needed for all this! But what’s interesting is, as I understand it, it’s something like Adobe Flash Player, only from Microsoft, now that’s interesting! That is, with the help of this Silverlight, a video can be played on a website without using regular Flash!

Here's an unexpected joke, that's what I found out. So I don’t know whether you know it or not, but I will write - in 2015, support for NPAPI format plugins was disabled in many browsers. And that’s why Microsoft Silverlight no longer works in browsers such as Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome! Because of which there was a mountain of dissatisfaction on the Internet and all that, many users began to look for an option on how to enable NPAPI, but alas, this is no longer possible. However, you can use the old version, for example, I used the old version of Chrome and you can enable NPAPI there! If you're interested, I wrote about this.

Microsoft Silverlight - Debriefing

Some users write that they installed Microsoft Silverlight and their browser stopped lagging when playing videos. I don’t know how true this is, but I think it’s quite possible. However, many users still write that this thing is of zero use, they downloaded it, installed it and didn’t notice the difference. Well, I understand all this, especially considering that Microsoft Silverlight no longer works in many browsers..

I also read one comment that the browser may freeze due to a site that uses Microsoft Silverlight, and all because the browser no longer supports this thing! Maybe this is why it freezes, because there is something on the site that the browser does not support. Well, this is logical...

As I understand it, at the moment Microsoft Silverlight only works in the Internet Explorer browser. If you use this browser, then you may not need to remove Microsoft Silverlight, but if you don’t use it, then I think you can remove it. Well, think for yourself, this thing is no longer supported by popular browsers, but YouTube generally wants to switch to a format WITHOUT Flash, using only HTML5 for video.. That’s how things are..

I also have this Microsoft Silverlight, and not just, but three pieces - regular, version 4 SDK and version 5 SDK. I don’t know where it came from, I definitely didn’t install this thing myself..

In general, I don’t know about you, but I’ll delete this thing

So, as I understand it, this thing is installed in these folders:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Silverlight\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight\
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\RIA Services\v1.0\Libraries\Silverlight\

In general, not only in these folders, maybe somewhere else. To check, open the system drive and where the search field is, that is, in the upper right corner, then write the word Silverlight there and you will see a lot of things, this is what I have:

A few thoughts out loud. It may be worth searching not by the word Silverlight, but by the phrase Microsoft Silverlight. I think so, because maybe the Microsoft Silverlight program is one thing, but there may be some other program whose name includes the word Silverlight.. Therefore, to be more precise, it is better to use the full name, that is, Microsoft Silverlight!

How to completely remove Microsoft Silverlight from your computer?

So, now about the removal. You can delete it either simply or using a certain deleter. I mean with the help of , its trick is that it will help you remove the program and will also help you remove the remnants of the program in Windows. In general, it removes and cleans it later. But today I’ll show you how to remove it manually and then how to manually clean Windows from residues..

Now just a moment. In general, I advise you to make a restore point before deleting. This is not difficult, in the end you will protect yourself from glitches, this is, so to speak, a good insurance policy in case something goes wrong. I already wrote how to do it in an article about it, I advise you to look at it.

So, to uninstall you need to click Start and select Control Panel there:

If you have Windows 10, then cool, no doubt, but there this item is in another menu, to call it, press the Win + X buttons!

Then we find the Programs and Features icon there, here it is, launch it:

A window will open with all installed programs; don’t just delete anything here! Well, that is, don’t delete just anything, because there may be glitches and all sorts of mistakes! In this list, find Microsoft Silverlight, right-click and select Uninstall:

Then the following message will pop up, here you click Yes (well, if you haven’t changed your mind, of course):

Then the following window will appear:

The entire removal probably took me about ten seconds. But, in the window, well, where the list of software is, I personally still have Microsoft Silverlight versions 4 SDK and 5 SDK:

They also need to be removed, but they are removed in the same way as the first version, where there is no SDK. In general, I think that you will not have problems with this

How to clean Windows after uninstalling Microsoft Silverlight?

In general, you uninstalled Microsoft Silverlight, but it is possible that there are remnants of this program in Windows. You can clean Windows of these residues, see how to do it. So first I'll show you how to remove file junk. This means you open the system drive and there in the upper right in the search field write the name of the program, that is, Microsoft Silverlight (if you just use the word Silverlight, the results will be less accurate):

You will find folders of files that belong to the Microsoft Silverlight component, although we have already removed it. All this CAN be deleted, BUT before that, make a checkpoint, here’s a look at how to create it. Whether to create it or not is up to you; there may be jambs after removing the remains, but this is rare. But if anything happens, then using a previously created restore point, you can return everything to the way it was. In general, guys, I warned you!

Well, here’s everything that was found on your system disk, all of it relates to Microsoft Silverlight and it can be deleted. To immediately save yourself from the problems of one being deleted and the other not, I suggest you install the utility. This utility helps you delete even things that you don’t want to be deleted. But you can also delete it in a simple way by simply selecting Delete from the menu. In general, I selected all the folders, well, I completely forgot to select all the bottom two, and then I right-clicked on them and selected the Unlocker option (I already have the utility installed):

Then I select Delete from the menu and click OK:

Unlocker started deleting everything that I had selected and, to be honest, it was a little scary, because even this message popped up, then I clicked Yes:

In general, it deleted a lot of things, I really felt like all the roots of Microsoft Silverlight were being torn out of Windows... The fear still did not leave me, because for some reason I advised you to make a restore point, but I didn’t do it myself... Well, that’s it...

This is how it was removed for about five minutes:

In general, everything went well, now I’ll do a reboot to check later that there will be no glitches and jambs in Windows... I did a short reboot, launched the browsers and everything seems to be working fine. There were no errors, folders opened normally, in general Windows worked fine

So I won’t be 100% sure, but deleting file junk seems to be safe!

Now I will show you how to remove junk from the registry that is left over from Microsoft Silverlight

So look, hold down the Win + R buttons and write the following command there:

And click OK:

The registry editor will open; do not delete anything there for no reason. This is where we will look for garbage. To do this, hold down the Ctrl + F buttons and write there something like:

Microsoft Silverlight

In principle, you can just use the word Silverlight.. But with the full name the accuracy will be higher..

That's it, after this the search will begin. Anything that is selected later can be deleted. These can be either folders (on the left) or keys (on the right). Right-click on them and select Delete. Then press the F3 button to continue the search and so on until there is a message that the search is over! For example, I found some DisplayName key, if you double-click on it, you will see this:

That is, you see, even if there is not a word about Microsoft Silverlight in the name, it will still be inside! What I mean is that they are searched not only by name, but also by content, so rest assured that everything that is found is definitely Silverlight and can be deleted! In general, here is an example of how to delete a key:

I didn’t find any trash folders, but deleting it is just as easy, right-click on it and select Delete!

As you can see, everything is simple. If you do everything exactly as I wrote, then there will be no errors. Well, if you have doubts, then it’s better not to do anything at all, the stability of Windows is more important! But the most ideal option is to make a recovery checkpoint! Let me remind you once again that I wrote about this!

By the way, this way I also removed the Avast antivirus and cleaned out the trash can after it, if you’re interested!

Well, all the guys, good luck to you, I wish you a good mood and that you don’t have any problems!

18.08.2016