No Flash on Vista, who is to blame?

Is Microsoft Vista, Internet Explorer or Adobe Flash to blame for this?

• Flash wants to update itself but can't
• Ok'ing the "run activeX" to install thingy won't work, just appears to install then loops around again.
• Websites needing Flash report "Either no Java enabled or Flash installed"

But they are, or are they?

• Check Java and Active Scripting are OK, they are.
• Go to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
• Right Click the FlashUtil##a file (where ## is version no ) and choose "Run as administrator"
• Reboot, sorted.