Can not open any PDF's

I currently have Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8.1.2 installed on my computer. I have Windows XP. I've been trying to download PDF documents, and for some reason, a window always pops up displaying "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and try again". So, I click the "OK" button. Then it seems as if Adobe Reader is going to open, but then it stops and another window pops up with this message: "Adobe Reader 8.1 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
It really is driving me crazy, because I can't figure out what the problem is. My computer if currently updated, so I just can't think of what it may possibly be. Please HELP!!!

I cannot open jpg attachments in email and get this message: Could not open becasue it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been changed. This is now happening on an email that I could previously open.
In addition, when in Pictures, I click on a picture and the same message appears. I can right click, go to Open and open the picture.
I am running XP and have downloaded the latest Adobe Reader in an attempt to fix my problem.
What is happening?

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