Mac OS X : Flash Player won't update

I'm running a Mac OS X, version 10.3.9 (500MHx Power PC G3).
I used to run Verison 8 of Flash Player, but a video I wanted to
watch required I update Flash to 9. I went to the Adobe site,
downloaded, did everything. It appeared that Flash did download,
but when I go to a site that requires Flash the content appears
blank. (Or if there is text companying the video, where the video
would be is completely blank.)
I tried installing Flash through Firefox (2.0.0.15), but it
says Flash 9 failed to download.
I tried going back to Flash 8, but it wouldn't work either.
Does anyone know how to correct this problem?

Follow these instructions: How to perform a "clean install" of Flash Player in Mac OS X to the letter. You'lll perform an "offline" install and be up to date.
Adobe updates are released on average about every six weeks, not once a week. In fact, the most often they've been this year was in March when a security issue was addressed and an additional Windows update was released ten days after the regular update, but that wouldn't have affected you on a Mac.

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About a week ago my flash player apparently stopped working.
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Follow the steps to the end then eject the volume Flash Player in the normal way (e.g. Finder sidebar)
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