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Windows 7 doesn't ship with flash. In fact, Windows has never shipped with flash.

I don't know if it ships with Windows 7 but it's certainly shipped with Windows before.

Googling around you can also find announcements that Flash 5 will ship with Windows XP.

That was a downloadable service pack, and it was an optional component.

At any rate, I'm using Windows 7 right now. I assure you I'm not lying.

Windows has shipped with Flash. I didn't say you're lying, I said 'Windows has never shipped with Flash' is inaccurate.

Oh, you're right. It looks like Windows XP was the first and last version of Windows to include Flash.

But nearly every OEM ships Flash in their Windows install, though usually only the ActiveX version for IE.