Flash player stopped working. Used to be fine.

Flash player has stopped working on some websites where it used to work fine (such as playing video on Comedy Central). I get a solid black square where the video should be. No error message.
I have made no change whatsoever to the computer other than updating everything to the latest version, exactly like you're supposed to do. Apparently, disabling video capability is some rocket scientist's definition of 'upgrading'.
I have now found that Flash Player will work if I create an entirely new Windows account (as instructed here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071 )
So, what do I do?
Here are the other things I've tried. None worked.
- restart Firefox in Safe Mode, with all add-ons disabled
- create a brand new Firefox profile
- uninstall all Flash from the computer entirely, using Adobe's uninstaller; then reinstall
- downgrade to Flash 10.3 - not just in Firefox but also in Internet Explorer and Opera
Win 7 Pro 64-bit
Firefox 13

I have the very same problem. Ever since upgrading to 24.0 I can no longer view YouTube videos on Firefox. I have no trouble with other browsers (IE and Chrome) and I can view the Flash home page. I've tried the suggestions and they do not work. Please fix!!

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