PDF Documents suddenly display as black only

Earlier this year I suddenly had numerous PDF documents start displaying completely black, making it impossible to read the text. Sometimes images appear as ghosted white outlines, but most commonly the whole document is simply a black blob. I can open the same file using a free PDF Reader, but the moment I try opening it in Adobe Acrobat Reader Pro it appears in black again. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling version 9.2, and have now updated to 9.5, but am still getting the same error.
I have no idea of where else to look to find a solution. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Jurgen

This sounds sort of like a display problem. Are the preferences that you have set under Edit > Preferences > Page Display category in the Rendering area any different in Reader than they are in Acrobat Pro? Also in the same Preference category make sure you have Use Overprint Preview set to Never.
Also you can try checking under the Edit > Preferences > Accessibility category to make sure some of these setting haven't been inadvertently set.
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