Flash Player fails to register on 3 PCs!

This is maddening... Here I am prompted in the past couple days to update Flash Player on my PCs however, the installation fails to register on 3 of them.
I am running Windows 7 64bit on all 3, IE8 on 2 and IE9 on 1. Same issue with all 3!
I have followed the installation support instructions, downloaded the Flash Uninstalled, downloaded the latest Flash version, re-installed and the same thing continues to happen.
How does one fix this? This is crazy!

I don't understand; what happens when you try?
Here, I am just pasting the contents of my FlashInstall.log file...
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-22.623 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\PWILLE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{1A5228D7-8420-41E2-95DF-7033EDDA351E}\InstallFlash Player.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 1 -au 4294967295
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2
0003 [I] 00000013 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash64_11_3_300_268.ocx
0004 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe
0005 [I] 00000016 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.dll
0006 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-26.587 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-47.927 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\PWILLE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{FE0E85F8-C5B5-4227-B233-B5D230F2C815}\InstallFlash Player.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 1 -au 4294967295
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\MaintenanceService\extensions/Plugins 2
0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Waterfox\extensions/Plugins 2
0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0009 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0010 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF64_11_3_300_268.dll
0011 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_3_300_268_Plugin.exe
0012 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-51.389 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-13.664 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\pwillener\Downloads\install_flash_player_11_active_x(1).exe"
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [I] 00000011 1
0003 [I] 00000013 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\Flash32_11_3_300_268.ocx
0004 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.exe
0005 [I] 00000016 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_ActiveX.dll
0006 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0007 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 183
0008 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 183
0009 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0010 [W] 00001106
0011 [W] 00001106
0012 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183
=X====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-35.371 ========
=O====== M/11.3.300.268 2012-07-27+00-58-40.360 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\pwillener\Downloads\install_flash_player_11_plugin(1).exe"
0001 [I] 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0002 [I] 00000011 1
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0009 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_3_300_268.dll
0010 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_3_300_268_Plugin.exe
0011 [I] 00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
0012 [I] 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0013 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 183
0014 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 183
0015 [I] 00000022 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_3_300_268.exe
0016 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0017 [W] 00001106
0018 [W] 00001106
0019 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183
Message was edited by: Pat Willener - added the 32-bit log as well.

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