Unable to fill in fillable form Adobe Reader XI

We are migrating users in our Virtual Environment (Citrix Xendesktop) from Windows XP to Windows 7. We have a form that our HR department has been using with no issues on the XP Citrix Image but after being converted to Windows 7 the form will not allow you to fill it in. It Displays the purple bar at the top and the highlight fields is selected but when you click on one of the fields it does not allow you to type anything.
I have turned off Protected Mode since that is something I saw in another post.

What Reader version are you using? If less than 11.0.06, update to this version.

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No problem! the person just got back to me. Thank you again for all your help.
- Operating system she is using is windows XP (she said 10 in her response, but I think she meant XP)
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- Form is posted on a website in which users can click and download to their computer to fill out, save, and send back. Here is the link for the actual form : http://www.transceleratebiopharmainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TransCelerate-Site-Pro file-Form.pdf
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