I must install an older Flash Acitve X control

Hi,
I use two third party softwares that usually communicate with each other through Flash and Active X Controls.
Unfortunately, after upgrading Flash Player and Active X to v.10, I´ve been unable to make this work.
I already knew about some flash issues concernig this specific thing and I know that it should work fine if downgrade to early 9 versions.
I downloaded all v.9 verions from adobe, but I´ve been unable to install an older version of the Active X. No matter what I do, I get a message telling me that there´s a newer version of the Active X and that I should download and install it from Adobe.
I need to be able to install an older version of Active X. Any clues?
Thanks a lot,
Paulo

What is the exact and full message you are getting?
Have you ever used a Flash Player beta version that you did not uninstall?
What is your operating system (32-bit or 64-bit)?
After you run the uninstaller, do you have any files left in C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash (32-bit) or C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash (64-bit)?

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