I just ran the Adobe Reader SpeedUp program and it worked wonderfully! I've used Foxit and I think the Adobe 8 is now just as fast. The program is super simple and has a easy restore function. As a note, the program suggests you restore Adobe Reader settings anytime before installing updates.
Here is another screenshot showing the open bookmarks just FYI
Oh yeah, installing SpeedUp did not reduce the Adobe file size, but then, that may have been dumb thinking