Viewing PDFs in Explorer

Recently, I have been having trouble viewing my online statements with my banks. Their Tech Support suggested that it was a setting in my Acrobat Reader, I tried to check the preferences they told me to check, but it was already marked correctly.
In Adobe Reader X, I tried to do an update on my Acrobat and I get an error when it is 71% completed:
"Setup has detected that you already have a more functional product installed. Setup will be terminated."
Can ANYONE help me... I am stumped!
I noticed I have 2 version of Adobe Acrobat (but I have always had them, and it used to not be a problem - I don't know if that is the issue):
Adobe Acrboat X Pro & Adobe Reader X

Anyone?

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I have 4 machines with adobe reader 8.1 installed and in those 4 machines I can see my pdf files as thumnails (they´re books, so I see the cover of each one of them). On my 5th computer not only have I adobe reader 8.1 installed but Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard. But when I select thumbnail view in windows explorer it just does not work.
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This is a question for the Acrobat or Reader support forums, not here...

Acrobat plug-in. I get this when try to opem. The Adobe Acrobat/Reader that is running can not be used to view PDF files in a Web Browser. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and exit your Web Browser and try again. Don't problems w/ Internet Explorer-

Acrobat plug-in.
The Adobe Acrobat/Reader that is running can not be used to view PDF files in a Web Browser.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aplugins
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I think I have discovered the answer to my own question!
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3. All the registry entry does is tell Windows what program to use by default to open/view PDF documents.
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