IE10 - flash player not loaded

Hi

I have a Acer Aspire E1-522 64 bit laptop running windows 8 with  Internet explorer 19 version 10.0.9200.16921 with up to date updates.

So the latest security patch was updated yesterday and several of my favourite websites are no longer allowing me to see content with the general error being "Error loading player, No playable sources found".

Having seen that a few times today I visited the Adobe help page and checked the Active X controls and the check Shockwave flash object is enabled. Yes the Active X is NOT selected and the status of the flash object is listed as..... Enabled, publisher unknown, for 32 bit and 64 bit, updated 31 may 2014.....

Next thing is the flash player test doesn't work and instead says Flash player disabled OR Active x is on. Now of course I have checked that as seen above and when I visit the download page it simply says you don't need to download because the flash player is included in IE 8.

Anyone have any suggestions?