While a fix is (hopefully) in the works, the only 'solution' to the white screen problem is to downgrade the Adobe Flash Player software to a previous version, which will however be vulnerable to the aforementioned security problem.įlash is a technology used to create animations for (interactive) websites, online games and a wide range of other programs, from educational tools to screensavers. Many users are flocking to Adobe's support forums, where Adobe staff members note that they are investigating the issue.

Users of the Fliqlo Flip Clock screensaver in particular are reporting that they get an empty white screen when it runs, but other screensavers are similarly affected. For a general discussion on the issue of seeing a blank (black or white) when your screensaver runs on either Windows or Mac OS X, please see our other help article: I get a blank screen when my screensaver runs?Ī recent update to the Adobe Flash Player with version number 20.0.0.267, released on December 29, 2015, to fix a critical security problem, is reportedly breaking many computer programs that rely on Flash technology, including several of the screensavers on this website. This article is about a bug in the Adobe Flash plug-in on the Windows operating system that was introduced in December 2015 and fixed in January 2016. After updating Adobe Flash, I get a white screen when my screensaver runs?