My Compaq Presario CQ62 crashed and was fixed and now the Adobe Acrobat Reader no longer functions when I try to read attachments. Should I try to download another Adobe Reader on the free download site or is there a way to update the existing Adobe reader 5?
There is no such thing as an Adobe Acrobat Reader. There is an Adobe Acrobat (paid), and an Adobe Reader (free; prevously Acrobat Reader). If what you had was the free Reader, my suggestion would be to eliminate it and freplace it with the newest version compatible with your OS.
You can get the latest version of Adobe Reader at: http://get.adobe.com/reader
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