Adobe Flash Player 10 failed to register

Hello, I don't know much about how Adobe Flash Player works or how to fix this issue. I have a XP Pro SP3 and my flash player worked fine when I first installed it. Then one day, I turned on my laptop and let it load and suddenly my flash player would not work. I then proceeded to uninstall and reinstall the player assuming that would help, however I was wrong. I then tried ridding my computer of all adobe products and was hoping to reinstall them right after rebooting. That was a great idea except excruciating problem, my computer WILL NOT allow me to uninstall Adobe Reader, or Adobe AIR.
When I do try to uninstall the programs, I get this message
" This application requires a version of Adobe AIR which cannot be found.
Please download the latest version of runtime from
http://www.adobe.com/go/getair ,
or contact the application author for an updated version. "
I also get a similar message when I try to uninstall Adobe Reader.
I would really appreciate some help with this as it is a major inconvienence for me.
Thank you in advance,
Cody518

After going through my control panel and looking at my add/remove programs section, I currently have Adobe AIR, Adobe Download Manager, and Adobe Reader 9.3.1
I've also tried updating my adobe reader and I get an update failed notice saying
" Cannot establish a connection. Please try again later. "
I obviously have a internet connection, so why would this happen?

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How does one fix this? This is crazy!

I don't understand; what happens when you try?
Here, I am just pasting the contents of my FlashInstall.log file...
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-22.623 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\PWILLE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{1A5228D7-8420-41E2-95DF-7033EDDA351E}\InstallFlash Player.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 1 -au 4294967295
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2
0003 [I] 00000013 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash64_11_3_300_268.ocx
0004 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe
0005 [I] 00000016 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.dll
0006 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-26.587 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-47.927 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\PWILLE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{FE0E85F8-C5B5-4227-B233-B5D230F2C815}\InstallFlash Player.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 1 -au 4294967295
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\MaintenanceService\extensions/Plugins 2
0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Waterfox\extensions/Plugins 2
0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0009 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0010 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF64_11_3_300_268.dll
0011 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_Plugin.exe
0012 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-51.389 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-13.664 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\pwillener\Downloads\install_flash_player_11_active_x(1).exe"
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [I] 00000011 1
0003 [I] 00000013 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\Flash32_11_3_300_268.ocx
0004 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe
0005 [I] 00000016 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.dll
0006 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0007 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 183
0008 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 183
0009 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0010 [W] 00001106
0011 [W] 00001106
0012 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-35.371 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-40.360 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\pwillener\Downloads\install_flash_player_11_plugin(1).exe"
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [I] 00000011 1
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0009 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_3_300_268.dll
0010 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_Plugin.exe
0011 [I] 00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
0012 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0013 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 183
0014 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 183
0015 [I] 00000022 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_3_300_268.exe
0016 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0017 [W] 00001106
0018 [W] 00001106
0019 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183
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