Reader X Unable to Open certain PDFs

Ok so heres there issue..
A client of my company is unable to open what seems to be random PDF files which are sent to them, after doing some testing I found a very strange bug.
While running Windows XP - I am able to open any PDF file from an outlook email attachment so long as it is stored in memory (select the open option instead of save as).  This works with Reader X, Reader 9.x, and Acrobat Pro.
While running Windows XP - After saving any PDF document to my hard drive from an outlook email attachment I am unable to open the PDF file using Reader X.  Reader 9.x and Acrobat Pro both open the files without a problem.
This poses a major issue because we cannot control what version of Reader our clients use and if they are unable to open PDF documents that are saved to their hard drives from emails using Reader X what do you suggest we do?
Note: I don't believe this is related to the known Reader X issue where people cannot open PDFs from a web page.
Any help or troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated.

i too have problems with reader x. in hotmail
i can open any pdf but when displayed the documents
are in computer code. only microsoft office doc
uments are opened in a readable format.
this problem on ly started after installing latest versio
n of reader

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