Vista 32 bit - Firefox 8.0.1 - Flash will not install. Under plugins I do not have Flash available and when I searched for new plugins I did not find it on there either.

Once I get to the final step of setup either the flashplayer downloader does not come on at all or it goes to "manual install". I have tried to install directly from my download folder as well. I recently reformatted my computer and after downloading Firefox this problem has occured. I have done extensive research online and tried many different things to fix this; completely reinstalled Firefox, uninstalled my old version of Flash that I had with Internet Explorer browser, updated all Java Platforms, tried to update from sites requiring flash directly (ie; youtube), tried reinstalling Flash from adobe directly and through Firefox support links. I do not know what else to try at this point. Any tips would be very appreciated.