You Tube - We're sorry, this video is no longer available


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I have been getting those messages a lot. Just keep refreshing the page and it will eventually play. Apparently it happens to a lot of users.

Sometimes I'll try to view an embedded video and it doesn't work, so I go to the actually youtube page which still doesn't work. After refreshing the window a few times, it will play.

I have the same problem with vista. I can get any video with my xp laptop and only 30% of the videos with

my newly installed Vista system. I've tried everything short of a reinstall. Too frustrating. I have bitdefender antivirus installed, nero essentials and adobe cs3 suite.

any suggestions anyone?

  • 2 weeks later...

It really does seem to be a Vista problem. I have two accounts on the one Vista box. One is an Admin account and the other is a standard user account. The Admin account can watch videos, on the standard user account (with parental controls turned off) all Youtube videos return the dreaded "We're sorry that video is no longer available" message.

Just to reiterate, this is the same computer, with two separate accounts, one standard and one admin, and only the admin can see the video

I solved the problem on my system

Everyone was saying how Google web Accelerator was the problem and by turning it off worked

but I didn't have it intalled

So I removed Flash Player with the removal tool and reintalled it WITH the Google toolbar because I didn't the first time.. then installed the Google web Accelerator and couldn't get any videos..Uninstalled Google web Accelerator and the toolbar and now I get all youtube videos

Simple Huh!

Did anyone have success with this?

Google web Accelerator

  • 2 weeks later...
This happens to me if i leave a page with an embedded YouTube video idle overnight. A refresh fixes it though...

Actually, as little as an hour is enough for them to "timeout". It also happens if embedding is disabled for that particular video.

  • 1 month later...

"We're sorry, this video is no longer available"

I found three main causes for this error,

1st you're using Google web accelerator !

2nd your ISP is using force Cache method,

3rd your ISP routing problem !

This is usually an issue for me when I go back to a youtube page (using the back feature on the browser, I mean), or when I go back to a Youtube page after restoring a session on Firefox, but when I refresh the page the error message goes away. I don't know what the deal is, but it's been this way ever since that new player of theirs came along

lol @ this topic. I wish people would apply common sense to things before blaming Vista - the video works fine here.

Half the people who posted in this thread, are ######. Actually 75% of them. None of you offer to help the O.P, just insult him. You all claim he blames vista for problems that vista didnt make. Well, go on then, show me. In what post did he say this is vistas fault? He just said it started to happen after upgrading to vista.

And it doesnt take 5 of you to say "IT WORKS FOR ME!!!!"

You all claim he blames vista for problems that vista didnt make. Well, go on then, show me. In what post did he say this is vistas fault? He just said it started to happen after upgrading to vista.

Reading is a wonderful skill.

It's actually not because the video was removed. Becase the same video's do work on an XP machine. It is something on the Vista settings.
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available"

I found three main causes for this error,

1st you're using Google web accelerator !

2nd your ISP is using force Cache method,

3rd your ISP routing problem !

It's either that.. or anything you installed before you started doing youtube videos. I suggest that you go back and troubleshoot..

Meaning starting from the last program installed, and work your way back. Uninstalling one by one. Or if you recently changed settings prior to this happening. Change them back. Process of elimination.

Also run the no-addon Internet explorer mode for troubleshooting purposes.

  • 2 months later...

Kinda weird, I have this problem on ALL the new vista computers that I install (but I always make sure they have up to date flash and java)...turns out to solve the problem I just uninstalled Adobe AIR...not sure what the stuff does, but you tube works normally now...guess the You Tube tech staff can thank me with BJs

my bad, went off again after i restarted the browser, i then went to tools, options, connections, lan, and unchecked the automatically detect settings, seems to be all good now

Uhh, I see the videos just fine on Vista.

very useful contribution ikonizer :p

if you would like to recreate this error on your computer, check off the 'automatically detect settings' in the lan options of the connection tab in the internet options for IE7....then if that doesn't do it...download the newest versions of java and flash (check your installed programs and make sure adobe AIR is installed)...then delete all your browsing history...close the IE7 webpage, then go to a you tube video you have never watched, and voila! :p

lol @ this topic. I wish people would apply common sense to things before blaming Vista - the video works fine here.

well based on the fact everyone here says the video works fine and it worked ok for this guy before he used vista would indicate vista is doing something different to what xp is doing whether its bad or not

common sense without any experience would suggest theres something up with vista but yes i've experienced the same problem on xp its usually when there is a connection problem i get hit with that message even though i know the video is still there

I remember when Vista first came out Flash Player used to cause my computer to crash, was recomended to uninstall Flash player (think it comes bundled with a version OTB) totaly and then install the Adobe one fresh. Did a fresh install of Vista this week but didn't uninstall flash (no crashes) but youtube video unavalible. So removed flash and re-installed and fixed the problem for me. If you wanna try that uninstaller can be found here

After upgrading to Vista with a clean install, I'm getting this error message on certain video's. It was fine before on XP.

Wow!! And I thought I was the stupid poster here. Whether youtube videos work or not, it has NOTHING to do with Vista. Like what another member said, please link us to the video in question. I will test it both on my XP computer at work and my Vista computer at home.

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread. I found your links and they work on my XP computer at work. When I get home in a few hours, I'll try it at home on Vista.

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