Help with using flash player- windows vista

Hi There, really hope someone is kind enough to help me, I have only a few 
strands of hair left on my head through pure frustration!!!
 I have downloaded flash player from the website following all the restarting 
prompts and changing the security settings that are suggested in adobes 
troubleshooting text but I still cant use it and I am not getting the animation 
that it says you will have if you have succesfully downloaded, but it is 
showing up on my system as being installed!!!

 Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 Hi rachpb,

Here's the scenario: you download the latest and greatest version of
the Adobe Flash Player. After it finishes installing, you go to a site
featuring Flash content and are greeted with a message notifying you
that you need to install Flash Player, but didn't you just do that? To
properly update your Flash Player, you need to run the installation as
Administrator. Follow these steps to properly install Adobe Flash
Player:

For Vista (32 bit):

1. Open Computer.

2. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\.

3. Scroll down and open the Macromed directory.

4. Open the Flash directory.

5. Right-click FlashUtil9b.

6. Select Run as Administrator.

7. When the UAC prompt appears, select Continue.

8. Follow the Flash Player installation wizard.


For Vista (64 bit):

1. Open Computer.

2. Navigate to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\.

3. Scroll down and open the Macromed directory.

4. Open the Flash directory.

5. Right-click FlashUtil9b.

6. Select Run as Administrator.

7. When the UAC prompt appears, select Continue.

8. Follow the Flash Player installation wizard.

Once the wizard completes, Flash Player has been properly installed
and will now function properly.

Enjoy..............!!!