Well, macromedia suck. GRRRRR.... Too many screens to wade through! Anyways, finally got the required files for installing flash player & shockwave plugin, silently. It turned out to be too simple, just get the MSI & run it with "/QB" switch! These links will always be for the latest version for the corresponding player (regardless of version mentioned in description): Flash 8 (for IE) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flash...er_active_x.msi (1.6 MB) Flash 8 (for other plugin-based browsers : firefox, mozilla, flock, kmeleon, opera, etc) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flash...ayer_plugin.msi (4.4 MB) Flash 7 (for browsers on linux) - http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/shock..._7_linux.tar.gz (967 KB) Shockwave Player 10.1 (windows, all browsers) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwa...l_installer.msi (4.2 MB) Shockwave 10.1 (reduced version, use only if really needed) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwa...m_installer.exe (2.1 MB)