Grey boxes instead of pictures in pdf

All pictures in my pdf is grey boxes instead of pictures - what's wrong?
I use Acrobat 9 Pro (just startet with cs4).

Hi Bad AD,
Doubt you still have this issue but the quick fix to being able to view the document is to go to:
Acrobat
>Preferences
     >Documents
       >Find the Header:
               PDF/A View Mode
               View Documents in PDF/A mode: Make picklist value: "Always"
This should resolve it.
PDF/A mode is the international standard for long term document archiving. If you are interested in learning more about it, Click here to go to Wikipedia's explanation.
Hope it helps for you and anyone else who gets this message!

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