I tried-- the problem is the cd rom has a different version of adobe built in and that is where the issue is-- I have not been able to figure out how to change that.
On the CD's there was the Folio viewer program - which was the program you installed and used that had all the great navigation features.
There was also a PDF file on the disk that you could open with any PDF reader, but would be limited to the navigation features of your reader.
Are you trying to open the PDF directly or did you install the software on the disk and then open it.
One other problem is with the 2008 version they set it up so each disk could only be installed so many times (like 5 IIRC) they somehow automatically incorporated a license code or something that would recognize how many times that license was installed and would not allow activation of additional copies, beyond what was paid for. I'm sure there were still people that knew how to find a way around that though.
Prior to 2008 you had to have the disk in the drive while using the program, again probably some ways around that but most users didn't bother or know how. I had tried to burn a copy of the disk but it apparently had security features that wouldn't let you make copies that worked - again probably was ways around it but you needed to know more then the average user.