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Windows Vista - I have to continually install Adobe Flash Player when on the internet

I am running Windows Vista.  Whenever, I am on the internet and it needs to access Adobe Flash Player, I have to give permission to install it again, and install it.  This must happen five times a day.  Adobe Flash Player is installed on my system.  What can I do to make sure my system realizes that Adobe Flash Player is installed.
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First uninstall any versions of Adobe Flash player in Control Panel. Reboot the computer.
Download the offline version of Adobe flash player.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/10/flash_player_update2_flash10.zip

Install by right-clicking the .exe and selecting Run As Administrator. When completed reboot the computer.

Hopefully all is fine after the reboot.
I also came across this.

Windows Vista installation failure

On some Windows Vista systems Flash Player may be installed, but will not display Flash content. In some cases updating to the latest Flash Player using the included utility can correct the User Account Control settings that cause this problem.

To run the utility, find your installed Flash folder:

    * Right-click C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9d.exe
      The letter changes with each Flash version, so may be "FlashUtilb.exe" or "FlashUtile.exe"
    * Select "Run as Administrator"
    * Follow the steps to complete the Flash Player installation
    * Restart your computer
Sorry, here is the offline flash layer installer.

http://www.soft32.com/download_500.html
try to remove all version and install this from the link  
http://rapidshare.com/files/217960045/install_flash_player.zip
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Now I keep getting the message "Internet Explorer Add-on installer" Adobe Installer needs your permission .  This must happen ten times a day.  Is there a way to add adobe installer as permitted on my system+
Let's start from the beginning.
Are you using IE7 or IE8? If you are using 8 I would downgrade back to 7.

Let's remove Adobe Flash Player completely. Either of the links below will do it.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=1
 or
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

Reboot your PC. Try re-installing flash player.

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

Let us know how it goes.


I will try the above and get back to you.  Thank you for looking into this for me.
Okay, I followed all of the instructions above and need to use my PC for a few hours to see what happens.
No problem. I hope it all works out.
I went through all of the steps and it is still prompting me to install Adobe Flash Player.  I think it has something to do with Windows Vista.
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Okay, I tried your suggestion and need to test it a bit.  I hope this works!
This solution appears to have finally worked.  What a relief.  Thanks for all of your help!
Glad I could help. Took a few steps but we finally got there.

Cheers.