Bug in Flash Player update?

There appears to be a bug in the most recent flash player update. I have Acrobat Pro on my desktop, and Adobe Reader on my laptop, and had the same problem on both. After installing the most recent update for Flash Player, my Microsoft Life Cam would not work on web pages through Internet Explorer. The camera shows a freeze frame when it's activated, but does not stream video. My laptop has a built in camera that functions fine, so it appears the problem is occurring only with the Microsoft Life Cam. I did a system restore to a point before the update was installed, and it now works fine again. Not sure if this is the correct posting location. Didn't know if you were aware of the issue, but you should be. Thank you

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Your Case Number:0183213793
Still does not work
I agree. There are bugs. Looks like Flash Player was updated this past April.
I could watch videos prior to this.
I use Vista 64 bit with FireFox 32 bit and Adobe Flash Player version 11 (latest) and it does not work anymore

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Faulting Application Path:          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
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Application Timestamp:          51a4ab8c
Fault Module Name:          ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version:          6.1.7601.17725
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Exception Code:          c0000005
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OS Version:          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID:          4105
Additional Information 1:          0a9e
Additional Information 2:          0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:          0a9e
Additional Information 4:          0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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