Thanks to chorpler who suggested I use Adobe Reader 7.0 instead of the digital editions stand-alone reader (which it seems is flash-based)... it now works PERFECTLY and FLAWLESSLY. I already got my money's worth. It is AWESOME. So hunt the net and get 7.0 and use that instead. The picture book didn't work but it's constructed in a weird way with layers of images so I'm not faulting that on the software. Regular books with images now and then translate perfectly.
If you're having trouble with the link above, try this one:
https://usd.swreg.org/cgi-bin/s.cgi?...v=0&d=0&q=1&t=
Now if anyone knows how to liberate lrf ...
Now I can buy more Adobe-protected ebooks !!