Adobe flash player has downloaded successfully, but it's still not working

hello all, I have a new week old laptop, that has windows 7, I'm trying to view videos online, like on youtube, but it keeps saying download flash player, so I download it, then it says it again when i try to watch the videos. I've downloaded it about 10 times now! with the same result, I followed the instructions on the help pages about changing my settings and it still doesn't work. Please help.

You write that you "downloaded" Flash Player, but did you also install it?
What is your web browser? If Internet Explorer, check
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/885448
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/867968

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From what I can tell, the problem is not Silverlight, it is the flash plugin (10.3). I uninstalled and went back to FLASH 10.1 and Netflix, flash videos, flash based applications, etc all worked again on my brand new computer. Very unfortunate and frustrating.

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This is a relatively new problem for my computer, but from what i have read, is a common problem so I know it is not my computer. Out of the blue, click on a video and all i see is a black screen. No adobe logo saying i needed to update or download in order to watch video. So i unistalled, rebooted and reinstalled..nothing. I uninstalled/installed with zip..nothing. Everything that is enabled is enabled..nothing. Reset IE...nothing. Downloaded Mozilla..nothing. I am currently running windows xp, IE 8 (32 bit) and all security software are disabled. The crazy part is that when i check the file for flash player, it does not show any bites in file. I know there should be bites in there because i checked on a computer with working flash player and it shows 6.00 mb. So somewhere from the installation, the file is lost. i have tried pretty much all suggestions, dating back from '09 and really really need some advice.

ok..flash player x is listed. always has been. i don't understand the whole "no files" bit cuz the computer that i am using show 6.00mb in files. unless it is outdated? this computer is brand new, custom made as of last month to my specs, so i can't see how adobe would be outdated. Mozilla shows in my add/remove files, but that flash player plugin is nowhere to be found. in fact, this is all the adobe files i see in order:
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i can bring up other websites, just cannot watch videos and was stuck on that redirect to adobe forum..will try the forum again.

Flash player updated twice, uninstalled and reinstalled and still not working

Flash is not working.
I have clicked on the "get flash now" button in the program that wants it.
I have updated to the newest version twice.
It appeared in my program list.
It didn't work.
I restarted my computer.
It didn't work.
I uninstalled flash using the adobe self-help.
I reinstalled the latest version.
It still doesn't work.
Please respond with a valid solution.

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Adobe Flash Player has stopped a potentially unsafe operation. The following local application on your computer or network about:blank is trying to communicate with this Internet-enabled location: s.nsdsvc.com. To let this application communicate with the Internet, click Settings. You must restart the application after changing your settings.
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p.s. If this is already posted and answered, I apologize. I searched for it but it appears that the forum search is still broken.

There is no swf in a blank page, so I don't know how to do what you suggested.
However, I tried something else that seems to have worked. I took EVERYTHING out of my list of trusted sites. I know it doesn't make sense, but I'm not getting those messages now.
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And the following version of Adobe Flash Player was downloaded and installed as a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox on 8/15/2011: Shockwave Flash 10.3.183.5 This did not result in the end of continuing crashes of the plug-in. I find it strange that months of agreeing to send these crash reports did not result in any notifications of updates to Firefox.
Confusion has been introduced because of the similar names for the same application. Microsoft Internet Explorer’s notification states that Adobe Flash Player is not up to date and requests download and installation of the same version that had already been installed within Mozilla Firefox, which refers to this application as Shockwave Flash (of the same version). PLEASE SEE IF USERS CAN BE PROVIDED WITH SOME DISCUSSION OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE APPLICATIONS.
What appears currently as fixes on the Firefox website for this application does not fix the problem, but so far it seems that the download from Internet Explorer of Adobe Flash Player (today) fixes the problem of the plug-in. This fix was NOT mentioned within the Mozilla Firefox website. Please note that at this point I do not have enough experience using the “fix” to know if I will not continue to have other problems with this plug-in.
I'm running Windows XP (latest SP and updates) and cannot use Internet Explorer beyond Version 8, since the later versions are apparently only for later MS OSs. Updating to a later OS with older hardware I do not believe is advisable.

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And the following version of Adobe Shockwave Flash Player was downloaded and installed as a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox on 8/15/2011: Shockwave Flash 10.3.183.5
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http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/interchart/interchart.asp?symb=DJIA&time=20
For example it stopped supplying daily data for longer Timelines. Then yesterday the panel on the left side of the webpage appeared garbled. I had been continually getting crashes of the Flash Player for months but never got any notice that I was not up to date.
The following is the message after the successful download from within Microsoft Internet Explorer and Installation of Adobe Flash Player on 8/17/2011: You are now running Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.5
And the following version of Adobe Flash Player was downloaded and installed as a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox on 8/15/2011: Shockwave Flash 10.3.183.5 This did not result in the end of continuing crashes of the plug-in. I find it strange that months of agreeing to send these crash reports did not result in any notifications of updates to Firefox.
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*a '''Plugin version''' for most other browsers including Firefox
*On a Windows system, you should always update both individually.
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#To update/install the ActiveX version for IE '''''only''''', repeat the process, '''but use IE to go to the above website'''.
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.'''
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You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
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*Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]

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