Debug Flash Player

I am very new to Flex development and have had no luck trying
to install the ActiveX flash player. I believe that I am supposed
to use the one that was supplied with Flex Builder 3 found in
<install location>/Player/win. From what I have garnered from
tutorials, it seems that I should install the Flash Player 9 for
debugging. Is this correct?
I get the following error when trying to install the debug
version of the Flash Player for IE (the ActiveX file):
"The version of Adobe Flash Player ActiveX that you are
trying to install is not the most current version. Please visit
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
to obtain the latest, most secure version."
It was my understanding that to do debugging correctly, I
should be using the older flash player. Is this not correct? How do
I get past this setting if I need to install the older player? It
seems the Microsoft will not let me install an older player, even
when I want to. Help!

Get your Flash Player 10 from this link:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
And download and install the file from under the "Adobe Flash
Player 10 — Debugger Versions (aka debug players or content
debuggers)" section of the page.
Or, for IE's (ActiveX) Flash Player 10 Debuggers, just use
this link:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/10/flashplayer_10_ax_debug.exe

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