How I got Flash Player 9 fixed

I got Flash Player 9 fixed after trying all kinds of things in these posts..
I had the problem where I would see the quote mark " instated of the content at the download installation page
I'm running Windows XP media edition
Here is what I did to get it working on my system.
I'm not sure if each of these steps are essential
but this is what I did that worked for me.
It's a combination of things I found in different forums.

1. I used the uninstaller at Adobe's Web site following the instructions given here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157

2. I went to this link and installed the latest FlashPlayer version 9 from Adobe's web site here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
I tested it and it failed to work at this point.

3. I downloaded and ran this installer "install_flash_player_active_x.msi" save it you'll need to run it twice
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_active_x.msi
running this will close all browser windows so save this link or print this out first.
when I ran this I got an error message it said something about Flash9.ocx failed to install or register.
so I did a search for it and found it in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\flash I copied it and pasted it to
C:\WINDOWS\system32
I tested it and it failed to work at this point.

4. I opened regedit............ click start.. click run.. type in regedit.. click OK
Then went to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\
and went down the list to each of the following and for each one I allowed full control to administrator
to do this locate it, right click on it, left click permissions, make sure administrators in highlighted,
put a check in the box under Allow for full control, choose apply then choose OK.
I read in the forum that some of these might not be there no worries if they are not.

.mfp
.sol
.sor
.spl
.swf

FlashFactory.FlashFactory
FlashFactory.FlashFactory.1
FlashProp.FlashProp
FlashProp.FlashProp.1
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.1
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.4
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.5
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7
ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.8

Then I went to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
and did the same for these
{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}
{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}\InprocServer32

I tested it and it failed to work at this point.

5. I ran "install_flash_player_active_x.msi" again and this time it gave me an option to Repair or Fix
a previous installation and I chose that. It ran fine with no error message.

I ran regedit again and checked to see if it changed the permissions and found a couple of them had
changed and so I set them back again.

Then I tested it and it worked fine!!!
Now I'm happy I can play backgammon on Windows Live Messenger with my friends...