Won't open PDFs in webpages

It says the Adobe/Acrobat version you are using cannot open PDFs in a webrowser. Use verision 8 or 9.
I have Adobe 9, it was working fine till I updated it to 9 last week.

HI Dave! I got this problem, I'm not sure it's what you got too: I cant open PDF on websites but i can opn PDF files in my copmputer, once it's downloaded. When I tried to instal version 9, it wont finish instalation and it says "make sure you have access..." it also says something about HKEY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE...MSFS. Any idea how i can fix it?
Thanks!

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