You shouldn’t ‘have’ to reboot after updating flash (only the browser), but you might do that anyway.
Ah...one thing I failed to mention: Check the version of your IE Browser (Tools > About Internet Explorer).
If it’s not IE11 and the checkbox for ‘update automatically’ is NOT checked, and you have no tangible reason to not let it update (some businesses, such as ours, cannot have that due to vendor applications)...
...you should update the browser as well
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer-11-for-windows-7-details.aspx
I hope that fixes it. If not, get Chrome and hope another ‘update’ fixes IE in the near future (probably will).
Thank you again for all your help!