Question for Windows geeks concerning Adobe Acrobat

[kallend 2,106]

For years I've used Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro to make PDF files. Worked just fine on my Win XP system.

Refuses to work on Win7. Tried it on 2 different Win7 systems with same result. Says it can't install the PDF printer.

Any insights? I don't want to have to pay another arm and leg to Adobe.

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[theonlyski 8]

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For years I've used Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro to make PDF files. Worked just fine on my Win XP system.

Refuses to work on Win7. Tried it on 2 different Win7 systems with same result. Says it can't install the PDF printer.

Any insights? I don't want to have to pay another arm and leg to Adobe.

If you're trying to print to PDF, you could always use PDFCreator http://download.cnet.com/PDFCreator/3000-2064_4-10558866.html

Just make sure to unselect the crapware that comes with it.

I've had pretty good success with it and if I didn't have Adobe, would probably still be using it.

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[Zenister 0]

are they 64 bit Win 7 machines? If you are trying to use the same executable you may need to download a 64 bit version of Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro

ah just googled my own question... apparently you'll need Adobe Acrobat 9 for Win 7 64 bit


http://forums.adobe.com/thread/542200

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[PhreePhly 0]

Acrobat 8 works just fine on Win 7-64bit, have used it for years. Even works on Windows 8.

Someone up thread made a great point, however, and that is do you need Acrobat? There are a number of other PDF creation and printing options out there that are much cheaper.

I use Acrobat only because it is standard at work, but there are much cheaper solutions out there that are just fine.

[kallend 2,106]

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Acrobat 8 works just fine on Win 7-64bit, have used it for years. Even works on Windows 8.

Someone up thread made a great point, however, and that is do you need Acrobat? There are a number of other PDF creation and printing options out there that are much cheaper.

I use Acrobat only because it is standard at work, but there are much cheaper solutions out there that are just fine.

No, I don't NEED it, just irritated that I can't use what I already paid for, and it's an arm and a leg to upgrade it from Adobe. I'll go with the freeware.

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[RhondaLea 4]

Acrobat 7 will run in Windows XP Mode:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

You'll need Win 7 Professional or better to use it.

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[PhreePhly 0]

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Acrobat 8 works just fine on Win 7-64bit, have used it for years. Even works on Windows 8.

Someone up thread made a great point, however, and that is do you need Acrobat? There are a number of other PDF creation and printing options out there that are much cheaper.

I use Acrobat only because it is standard at work, but there are much cheaper solutions out there that are just fine.

No, I don't NEED it, just irritated that I can't use what I already paid for, and it's an arm and a leg to upgrade it from Adobe. I'll go with the freeware.

To be fair, Acrobat 7 was released Jan. 2005, well before the move to the x86-64 by Microsoft.

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Try Properties of Acrobat>Compatibility.
Works on my win7

[PhreePhly 0]

Are you running Win7 64-bit? I believe the Acrobat 7 printer port driver has 16-bit components, and will therefore never run on Win7x64 except if using XP-mode (which is basically a virtual machine).