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XP and Adobe Acrobat HELP, HELP!!!

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I used to have a rotten old MS operating system and have had XP for several months which has been so much better except I used to be able to open .pdf files with my old Adobe Reader or Acrobat software - ever since I updated to Adobe Reader 6 and even 6.01 and even Acrobat Professional trial version my computer isn't opening up any .pdf files - what the @#!? am I doing wrong!? Would sure appreciate any help you can suggest. In Reader, b4 I added the Professional trial Acrobat version, I tried putting the plug-ins in an optional file to no avail. Thanks :rolleyes:
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I didn't know I could open a .pdf file that way! but tried it and it is still doing what it has been ever since I switched to the newer version of Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat: it starts to open the software and the opening picture for the software just stays there "forever". When I look at the task manager it shows the software is using from 85 to 98% of my cpu availability. I have a Sony Vaio with a 1,000 mhz Athlon chip. Would it have anything to do with antivirus software??
Every time I try to open Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (or ANY .pdf file) all I get is the initial picture of the program trying to open on my screen but it never opens up - so something on my computer must be preventing it from opening the program. When I control/alt/delete to get to the Windows Task Manager it shows very high cpu usage for Acrobat in the listing but doesn't show it in the applications tab lising - so apparently it is trying to open it but isn't being successful. I even tried turning my anti-virus software and then opening a file or the software. I can't be the only person who has had this problem!! so any additional suggestions would be most appreciated!
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