Cannot Install on OSX

Ok. So I recently made a new user for myself (so there are
now 2 admins, bascially), on OS 10.4.x. On my new account, I
realized that I cannot view Flash content, so I downloaded the
plugin.
Well, it didn't work. I have tried installing multiple times,
uninstalling, restarting, everything, and nothing helps.
So...what could be the problem? I will give any other info
that might be helpful, all you have to do is ask!
Thanks for your help! I appreciate it!

This is covered in another thread somewhere, and it's
something I must get technoted..
Oh yeah, here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=194&threadid=1259611&ST ARTPAGE=2&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

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Derek Miles wrote:
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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