Can't view pdf in any browser

Using Mac os10.6.  I can't view pdf in Safari or Firefox (comes up as blank black or white page only) nor in Chrome where it says the adobe plug-in is not installed (which of course it is)  I checked for all updates, reviewed the settings for the internet reader on Chrome, which is set to be Acrobat reader.  Even ran a disk diagnostic to check for corrupted files.  I am looking for suggestions on fixing this issue.  I am able to create, read and open pdf's from email and any file already on my computer.  It's got to be this plug-in, I just don't know how to fix it.

I signed out of my account and signed in my wife's account on the same
computer.  I could open the pdf files with Safari but could not save
them.  I could not open them with Firefox or Opera.  When I use my
account, I get a terrible cross hatch on the front of them in Safari and
can not open them in the other browsers.   This sounds as if I have two
problems, one for the cross hatch and one for not working at all.
The three latest Apple upgrades also messed up my print to both paper
and pdf but I was able to fix that by going into the Library and the
Print folder and throwing away a file.
Apple really should test upgrades more before releasing them. Apple
support, for the most part, varies a lot.  They could not help me on
this one.  I have used Apple support five or six times and at least half
of these, they could not help and I had to fix the problem myself.
I sure hope they fix this one as it seems complex.  I also wonder if I
upgrade to Mountain Lion, will I have the same problem?

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