Stop PDF Opening in Browser

We would like for our users to have pdf's the open from the web open in Acrobat 11 instead of opening in their browser (IE 11). I found this article, Acrobat Help | Display PDF in browser | Acrobat, Reader XI, and tested the configuration and it seemed to work so I pushed the setting out with group policy. The setting is working for some users, but for others, pdf's continue to open in the browser. When I check the users computer, the setting has taken effect and the add on shows it is disabled. This is causing a lot of wasted time for users as they have to save the pdf, then open it to drag pages into their master document. Why would some computers ignore this setting?

There is a setting in the Acrobat preferences related to this that might be part of the problem. It may also vary with browser. Some browsers have their own PDF viewer. So info on the OS, browser, and version of Acrobat are all useful in troubleshooting such problems.

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And this is way I want. It was woking fine on Windows XP.
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Yes, I updated Acrobat through update option last week.
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And this is way I want. It was woking fine on Windows XP.
After Windows 7 upgrade, Print option on acrobat (pdf opened in browser), makes browser crashed. Printing window (pop up) appears but looks it is hanged. No OK, cancel buttons appears.
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Is there any property/setting which is restricting print dialog box/ making browser not to respond?
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Yes, I updated Acrobat through update option last week.
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Windows 7 64 bit OS
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Hello Yesh,
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions
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It would be handy if you didn't double post too.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/81ed0362-4033-4a31-b265-c1aba43c3d14/pdf-file-not-opening-in-browser-for-sharepoint-2010?forum=sharepointadminprevious
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http://www.pdfshareforms.com/sharepoint-2010-and-pdf-integration-series-part-1/
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