Cannot un-install Adobe Flash player.

I apologize if this has been addressed before but for the life of me I cannot un-install the flash player.
The reason for the un-installation is because the flash player stopped was not working a few weeks back. After numerous internet searches most advice was to un-install flash then re-install. (easier said than done)
For reference: Win XP Pro SP3, using Chrome and FF as browsers.
I downloaded Adobe's flash uninstaller and have run it several times back to back (shutting down and re-starting) with absolutely nothing else running.
My next step is to go to Adobe's web page to verify if Flash is installed and it always comes up with the latest version (10,1,103,20)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Paul

Hi, thanks for the info. You don't have Flash Player Installed for FF or IE. Chrome is ok, nothing is needed for you to do with it.
Go to this site: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html
Use IE and right click on the one for Windows, Internet Exlorer and RIGHT click on Download EXE Installer, click on Open in New Window and click SAVE and save it to your Desktop.
Then right click on the one for Windows, plugin based browsers and RIGHT click on Download EXE Installer and do the same thing.
Now you have the Flash Player Installer for IE and FF on your Desktop.
At this time, Close all browser windows. Look in your system tray(area near the clock) and if you have any messenger services, such as MSN, Yahoo, etc, then Disable them.
Make sure you use the Administrator Account for Installing Flash Player.
Run the Installer for IE, when it is finished, the Run the Installer for FF. When finished, Reboot(restart) your Computer.
Now go back to the Flash folder and post back all files for IE and FF(NPSWF) Follow my instructions for obtaining this info in my previous post.
Then check for the addons for IE & FF (per previous post)
You may want to print out any instructions to make it easier to follow.
If you have any questions, let me know. I will be on and off the forum today doing Christmas things:-)
Thanks,
eidnolb

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since the last update of Adobe Flash Player I cannot install the application anymore.
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02.01.14 12:59:16,133 Installer[1641]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
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Thank you very much in advance.
Kind regards
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