Can't download Flash to IE in Vista

Greetings,
Please excuse any breech of etiquette...I don't frequent forums and I'm about
as tech savvy as my grandmother. So if you respond, speak slow with small
words. Pretend I'm from another planet and on that planet, I'm retarded.

I have had my "new" computer for just over a year. I cannot install Flash
Player to Internet Explorer in this Visa Home Premium platform.

I have uninstalled it, reinstalled it, even followed some sketchy instructions
about how to look for it in the registry to see if it had been uninstalled (and
it had). Presently, I installed Mozilla Firefox and Flash Player installed to
it without a hitch. But since my web page is created in MS software, I need to
view it in IE...so I need to just have one browser, preferably IE with Flash
Player installed and functioning properly.

I have read many forums, but have yet to come across what will work. And I
mean it...I really do need simple, step by step instructions.

When I try to install the latest version of Flash to IE, it appears to be
doing something, but nothing ever happens, it never completes, and never
installs.

I really really really want Flash Player installed to IE. Can anyone help?
:confused;