Cannot force Safari to use Adobe Reader in Leopard for pdf

Vanguard.com only supports download of pdfs on a Mac if Safari is using Adobe Reader. (Yes, that's totally awesome.)
I can't seem to force Safari to do that; it will only use Safari's built-in pdf reader.
- In Adobe Reader 8.1.1's preferences, the option "Display PDF in browser using" is greyed out.
- In Adobe Reader, selecting Help -> Repair Adobe Reader Installation says there is nothing to repair.
- /Library/Internet Plug-ins and ~/Library/Internet Plug-ins do not contain AdobePDFViewer.plugin, nor can I find it anywhere on my machine.
- I've reinstalled Adobe Reader 8.1.1 a number of times already, to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas?
TMIA,
rb

Take a look at this topic : Adobe Reader 8.0 - Heads UP!
<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1231333>
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