Deleting a program duplicated in Admin/another account name

Background: My newly updated Firfox browser on my regular user account (herein called User) works fine. I transfered it via usb stick to my Admin account because I want it there too. The Admin account version is causing major weirdness to my system (certain links won't work, Dock went beserk....
Here's the question: If I uninstall Firefox from the Admin account so I can attempt a resintall, can I be sure that it won't also be deleted at the User account? Or will Firefox totally disappear from all accounts in the hard drive?

Um...maybe I better map this out?
I'm the only one who uses my computer.
First I had only an Admin account. Recently, I learned it's best to not use the Admin, so I created another (User) account and copied everything I used on the Admin to the User account.
Both accounts used the old 1.07 Firefox.
Deciding to upgrade to the newer 1.5 Firefox, I downloaded it from my PC (as only that computer has a Download program with Resume on it and I can only be on the internet in 4 hour intervals. ( My Dial-up account time limit.) For whatever reason, my Mac is much too slow downloading to do this.
From the PC I used a usb memory stick to transfer the file while logged in to my User account. Everything was fine. Backed up the file to my larger external storage device.
I then decided to upgrade the Firefox version on my Admin account as well by transferring the file from my external storage device while in the Admin account. This is where everything went screwy.
The User account Firefox still works great, but the Admin account seems to be allergic to the newer Firefox.
Here is where Firefox shows in the User account:
Macintosh HD> Applications> Firefox
The owner is the Admin, the availibility is READ ONLY.
(I'd go into Admin and find out where Firefox is located there, but that would kick me off the internet here. So if you need that info as well, let me know and I'll post it when I have more time to do so.)
Okay, in Newbie Terms, is it safe for me to reinstall the older version over my newer version of Firefox currrenly sitting in my Admin account and not have this also wipe out the Firefox program sitting in my User account?
(And I am appreciative of the advice so far, but after consecutive overnites with little sleep in between, what little I had in brain power is absolutely fried and I can't seem to wrap my brain around anything more than Newbie Terms right now.)

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