Microsoft Silverlight questions & answers

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Question by Guest
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August 17, 2015

What is Silverlight Toolkit and what is it for?

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Answer by Stephen Prastman

The Silverlight Toolkit provides additional components for the Silverlight development platform. If you install it, you can have additional components, more functionality options and a new way to help shape the product's development. The toolkit opens source code, samples, documents, etc.


You can download it using the CodePlex page: https://silverlight.codeplex.com/

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Question by Guest
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August 17, 2015

Is there Silverlight toolkit for specifically for its browser plugin?

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Answer by Alex Urbach

Silverlight Toolkit is an add-on that contains samples and open source code. It helps you to develop Silverlight products better and faster. This is not an add-on for a browser rather than a pack with various development resources and items to help you to achieve what you want through Silverlight technology. You can check for the supported components using the following URL: http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/78435

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Question by Guest
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August 17, 2015

How to fix the issue when Silverlight doesn't uninstall?

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Answer by Alex Urbach

If you can't uninstall Silverlight using the classic way through Control panel, then I recommend you run the official Microsoft Fix It tool developed exactly for this process. Visit the page linked below and download the Fix It tool. Launch it with administrator access and let it fix the problems. Restart the computer and then you should be able to remove Silverlight.


Download: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2608523


As an additional recommendation, re-install Silverlight then remove it. It should work in most of the cases, not only Silverlight but with other apps as well.

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Question by Guest
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October 6, 2013
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Answer by Julia Bocchetta

Silverlight was created only for Windows operating systems, so you cannot install Silverlight in Android.

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Question by Guest
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November 21, 2012
Andrew Constandache
Answer by Andrew Constandache

Your tablet needs to run Windows 7 OS for the Silverlight ActiveX to work properly on it. Please check your tablet for your operating system then browse the official website from the tablet's browser.

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Question by Guest
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July 21, 2014
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Answer by Julia Bocchetta

Microsoft Silverlight is not compatible with smart TVs. According to the information on Microsoft's website, the plug-in can be installed on the following platforms:


Windows - X86 or x64 (64-bit mode support for IE only) 1.6-gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor with 512-MB of RAM


Macintosh (Intel-based) - Intel Core Duo 1.83-gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor with 512-MB of RAM


For more information visit the website of the developer.

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Question by Rick O'Sullivan
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March 31, 2013

I wonder if Silverlight software is available or compatible with an Android tablet or an IPad?

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Answer by Aiden McLeod

The developers of this software did not released an official version for an Android tablet or an IPad. You can check the official web-page for the compatible devices.

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Question by Guest
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April 30, 2013

What is the purpose of using it?

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Answer by David Wardle

It's similar to what Adobe Flash does. Microsoft Silverlight is for creating and running rich Internet applications. It's a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of .NET. You don't really need any tools. With almost any text editor you can build these applications. If you want to get more productivity there are a few tools that you can download, such as Silverlight Toolkit that provides more components for developers to use. If you're a regular user and are not interested in developing anything using Microsoft Silverlight, you will probably just be asked to install this plugin for your browser in order for these applications to work.

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Question by Guest
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September 15, 2010

Dear Sir/Madam,
I think there is something wrong with your software. Pls check whether your software has been installed properly on my computer: [email protected]. Everytime I click on VIEW SLIDE SHOW of the photos that I receive, a window pops up everytime saying pls install Microsoft Silverlight and when I again download, a box says: cannot be installed as already installed on your computer. Thanks for you attention.
Regards
Thakur Kishinchand Samtani

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Answer by Guest

You may have MS Silverlight installed, or you didn't install it correctly. Got into your system Control Panel, find and click on the icon, "Programs and Features" and uninstall Silverlight completely. Next, make 100% certain that you have the newest version of Silverlight, from the Microsoft Download site, redownload that file, then reinstall Silverlight. After a quick restart/reboot (warm boot), see if it works without the error message. If not...


Download (again, if need be) the very latest version of whatever program your using for your "slide show." Uninstall the installed version, follow above instructions (i.e., check for leftovers wherever you may have installed the "slide show" utility, delete them and remove the folder, reinstall, reboot; see if that works, now.


Good luck! :o

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Question by LINDA MINOR
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October 10, 2010
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Answer by Guest

Go Microsoft.com and search for "Silverlight." You'll find all the answers there. :P

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