PDFs in Safari

Hi all.
I really love the feature of Safari of opening PDFs right inside the Browser windows. I was happy, when Apple integrated that a few Releases back.
Now I had to install Adobe Reader 7.0 (formerly known as Acrobat Reader) for some reason. Which hacked itself into my system, so PDFs would now be opened with Adobe Reader, even from within Safari.
Ok - I don't need Adobe Reader anymore. So I deinstalled it (or: deleted the folder from the application directory) and hoped everything worked like before.... But no!
I still can't view PDFs in Safari. It just opens a blank page. The only way now is to save the link to my desktop, and then doubleclick to launch preview. But I just want it to open in Safari...
Looked everywhere for a preference button, but couldn't find anything.
Do I have to configure this in the terminal?
Please help.
Thanks
Dirk

Do I have to configure this in the terminal?
No, quit Safari and just go to Your HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ and remove or trash the "AdobePDFViewer.plugin".
Open Safari and a .pdf and it should now open with Preview in a Safari/Browser window.
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