Ok, lets try this. Put the CD in your computer and wait for it to load. Open my computer, right click the cd drive and click open. Find the program called "start_here.exe" and double click that. Double click on any PDF file and see if the real adobe acrobat reader can open the file. Close out of adobe acrobat reader.

Now, put the program you got from this thread into it's own folder, and rename acrobat.exe to notepad.exe. Open notepad.exe, click the 1st button you see and select the desktop and click ok. Click the bottom button and choose a PDF file from the cd then click ok. Look on your desktop for the file -- it should be there. Open it up and see if adobe reader can read it..