Adobe Reader XI is slow to open/print first file

My Adobe Reader XI slows down my computer whenever I open or print the first PDF every day. If I open the first one, wait for the slowness, then open another PDF, it opens just fine. Same with printing... If I print one file, it slows my computer for a couple minutes, but if I then print it again, or print another PDF, it prints right away.
I have completely uninstalled/reinstalled Adobe Reader/Shockwave/Air/etc., and that didn't help. I'm not sure where to look next. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

This can be solved by watching for a Popup balloon in the upper right corner of the Reader screen. The balloon contains an electric lightbulb and reads "Click on Tools to convert PDF documents to Word or Excel". Click the X within the balloon to close this popup and the Reader application will perform at a more normal speed. Some dumb AS$ programmer's bright idea really slowed things down for a bunch of Terminal Server users (Windows 2008R2). Next I need to figure out how to disable this "feature" from the outset. I hope this works for others. Cheers!

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As I always do.
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