Acrobat requires password to open

Using apple mac I had a HD crash weeks ago and got new HD. Now have MAVERICKS OS and reinstalled CS4 and updated to Acrobat pro 9. Every time I open a new acrobat document it requires a system password. This did not happen in previous OS before the crash. I have looked in System preferences and can't find anything. Did search in google and found the suggestion to remove the /library/preferences files from John Hawkinson (May 2011). I only have these 4 files in con.adobe.arcobat -> pdfviewer.plist / adobeOnlingHelp.plist / PDFAdminSettings/plist / versioncueCS4.
Hw do i turn off this password requirement?
Thanks in advance for any help.

This is because of Acrobat 9 had a "self-healing" mechanism that kicked in every time it launched that checked and tried to repair the installation. Consequently when the OS changed to a more secure paradigm this might cause the behavior you see.
JAMF has this really cool tool that "might" fix this, but I have never used it.
https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProductFile.html?id=11&fid=56

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Acrobat requires password

Using apple mac I had a HD crash weeks ago and got new HD. Now have MAVERICKS OS and reinstalled CS4 and updated to Acrobat pro 9. Every time I open a new acrobat document it requires a system password. This did not happen in previous OS before the crash. I have looked in System preferences and can't find anything. Did search in google and found the suggestion to remove the /library/preferences files. I only have these 4 files in con.adobe.arcobat -> pdfviewer.plist / adobeOnlingHelp.plist / PDFAdminSettings/plist / versioncueCS4.
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