Delete adobe flash adobe photoshop elements 8 and shockwave. Problem gone!

I have an iMac 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 10.6.6.  4Gb ram. 320 hard  drive only used about 50GB of it. I've been using it fine until about  november 2010. Spinning BeachBall  - system holds -  cannot close down  force quit - happens constantly and so i ...
Reset prams fixed permissions
safe boot opened new user account
did hard drive apple disk check cleared caches
used applejack (this helped a little - for a period of time)
clean installed slowly reinstalled items
so after weeks of slow deduction (installing apps programs uninstalling cleaning etc) I have now been able to fix the problem
delete adobe flash - adobe photoshop elements 8 and shockwave. Problem gone!
But clearly not solved.
cannot reinstall later or older versions of flash/shockwave  onto my  computer or in anyway install elements because the problem comes  straight back.
Help?

Well you are being thorough on your troubleshooting however this looks like an Adobe issue. Have you posted the problem in an Adobe forum?
Roger

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