Flash Player loads but doesn't play

I just recently got a new computer, one running Vista
Premium. For the first few days after I installed flash player, it
worked perfectly in whichever browser I used. However, starting
yesterday, whenever a web page has flash on it, the browser crashes
after it has loaded. The same thing happens on IE, firefox, and
opera, all of which are the lastest versions. I've tried
reinstalling flash player, but to no avail. Hopefully, I'll be able
to find some reason for this here. =\
Edit:
Well, I feel stupid. I didn't restart the computer after
reinstalling flash player. Although, I'm not sure why it stopped
working in the first place. But anyways, everything seems to be
working fine now.

Hi dhessi,
Glad to hear that your issue was resolved. Flash Player does
not normally require you to reboot your machine; however Vista does
require that IE 7 is restarted after installation of Flash Player.
For more information please see: After installing Flash
Player, Windows Vista initiates Protected Mode for Flash content
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401499
If you have any trouble in the future please let us know.

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