I cannot type into a form

I have a document from Veterans affairs that states it is fillable.  It has the purple bar at the top and it also allows me to select from drop-down menus.  However, I cannot type anything in the fillable forms.  I also cannot access the Tools menu items. 
Just recently downloaded Adobe 9.2. 

Tim, if Adobe Reader 11 will run in Vista, I'd first update Reader (it runs in XP Home...I updated it on another laptop tonight, not sure about Vista).
If this fixes your difficulty, then great. Otherwise, as to downloading the PDF to your Vista system whereupon you might be able to fill out the form within the PDF (since you can't fill it out when it opens in your browser), I tested this step by forcing my IE 10 to download it rather than open it in the browser. The how-to is at http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-browser-acrobat-xi.html for IE 8 and 9. I disabled my Adobe Reader & the Adobe PDF link helper (even with my Adobe Reader version 11, IE 10).
When I disabled these two add-ons in Internet Explorer, and then pasted your link https://www.1010ez.med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/Form/1010ez.pdf in the IE window, IE allowed the PDF to download to my Windows 7, 32-bit, Home Premium system, and I was able to fill out the form. Try  downloading the PDF with the instructions at the Adobe link above; maybe then you can work within the form. If you still can't, at least you then might be able to print it. If you have to print it, maybe you can then scan it in order to upload it to send to the VA (a big workaround I know).
If the PDF downloads (and opens automatically after it downloads), be sure to do a "Save As" to save it where you can find it. Windows Downloader saved it to my temp file under app data, so I did a save as to My Documents for easy retrieval.
Note to Adobe: there s/b a right click copy within a post edit box so we can save our post before submitting it in case it vanishes in the process. ;-)  Backup, backup, b-up!
Sweet dreams, and hope it goes well for you soon. Will check back tomorrow to read of your success. (Btw, I tried right clicking on your link in post #5 as suggested above, but my system had 'save target as' grayed out. Copy was avl w right click, but not the option of saving. I hope it works for you. Thanks for your updates.)
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