Win98, html textarea- not showing html

I have created an MX2004 flash.exe/ASP/Access application for a client. I used Flash Studio Pro to add an icon and alter the title- but no fscommands, only AS1. The app receives XML from a call to the ASP, and displays basic HTML format text in a text area. ( i.e. <br>, <b> and <p> tags.)

In XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server it all works well. However, in Windows 98,
1) The text shows up as text only, eg

Code:

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<b>This is bold</b> this is not

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instead of

Code:

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this is bold this is not

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and
2) the textarea I am using as a password field shows up as text, not *******.

Ant ideas why this is, and how ( urgently! ) to fix it?

FSP uses the Flash OCX and if the version of the OCX it picks up off those "problem" systems is old it might not have support for some HTML tags (although bold should always just work).

Have you tried just a plain Flash projector? If that works then it's definitely an FSP problem and I would repost this question in their support forums so you get a quicker reply.

I havn't, as no-one here has Windows 98- only the client. ( why is it that the client always has the worst posssible OS with the worst browser and the smallest screen res? )

I cant really see why FSP would alter anything, but I will give it a shot. Thanks.