Safari isn't displaying PDF files

A friend has a new iMac with 10.4.10 and no Adobe software installed unless it came from Apple.
Using Safari to access the pay check site at adp.com she selects the pay stub date and it opens a window but doesn't display the PDF of the paycheck. Is there a setting for Safari that enables display of PDFs in the browser? The site is designed for IE and Netscape.
I installed Firefox 2 and when it accesses the site it prompts for what application to use to view the PDF and we chose Preview. The PDF gets downloaded and Preview displays it just fine. Would prefer that this get done in Safari instead though.

I can't remember if an Adobe Reader is in the Apple install or not, but Safari should use it's own reader unless told otherwise (for example, from the Adobe Reader preferences). You can try looking in the /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folders for a file named AdobePDFViewer.plugin. If one is there, move it out of the folder (for example, to your desktop), restart Safari, and retry your PDF file.

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