Hi Eric,
I'm sure others will tell you different, but this is what works for me:
You say you aren't too sure about installing etc.
Clicking here will automatically download an older stand alone version for you to try. (It's in a zip file format). Once downloaded, right click and hit 'show in folder' - extract the files using something like 'winrar' or '7zip'.
Once installed open chrome and type the following in chrome://plugins
You should see a page open similar to this.......
Create a shortcut on your desktop that opens the 'old version' of chrome (program may well install one itself).
When you install an older version of flash you tend to get an annoying pop up warning you that it is indeed out of date and may not work on some sites. To avoid this happening you need to type a thing called a 'flag' into the properties of your desktop shortcut that you use to open chrome (mine's opens on my wgt profile).
Hover over the shortcut and right click on it till a window opens. At the bottom of the opened window you'll see 'properties' - click it. Where it says 'Target:' you'll see the address of the location of the flash you just installed contained within quotation marks. Directly after the last quotation mark type in one space and then the following : --allow-outdated-plugins
Should you find that sites like youtube don't work just enable the latest flash (pepper based) and disable the old one.
As I said previously it's worked thus far for me. All I'm doing is passing the info on before the 'clear your cache' brigade arrive.
Good luck - hope it works.
My head's bursting noooo! lol
:O)
Scott's post above may be easier. Wish I'd seen the ruddy thing before I started typing ..... lmfao