Quicktime '?' in Firefox

Greetings. I've been looking through a number of threads on this issue (including some in Apple support discussions), and have tried my best to follow everyone's advice, but I'm still having the same issue with firefox (a 'Q' with a '?' when I try to stream Quicktime/Flash files). I don't have this issue in my IE, but it's annoying to have to switch browsers every time I want to stream something.
Windows XP
Firefox 2.0.0.6
Quicktime 7.2
Flash 9.0.47.0
Would someone mind taking up this issue once again?
edit:
Just as clarification, I've checked the MIME settings in my Quicktime so that it is not set to play Flash files.
I've also tried deleting the npqt*.dll files in firefox and quicktime.

reimerth, in this link http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/flash.html
scroll down to>What to do if QuickTime takes over handling Flash content. Where you've tryed everything else it could be having to remove pluginreg dat. And then re-installing Flash.
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Mozilla is the location.

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