Acrobat 8 Professional: reinstalling PDF printer

I've been having trouble using "Save as PDF" in Framemaker 8 on my newly installed Windows 7/64 system.
Something somewhere told me to delete the Adobe PDF printer and run a rebuild.
I'm now unable to recreate a working instance of Adobe PDF printer, but I cannot set it up properly.
I'm able to Create a printer called "Adobe PDF"
In Printer Properties, Ports Tab, I can add a Port but only have 2 choices: Local Port and Standard TCP/IP. If I select new Port Type, it asks for the printer INF information. This is where it is: "c:\apps\adobe\cs3 web premium\acrobat 8.0\acrobat\xtras\adobepdf\adobepdf.inf". However, the clicking OK produces 3 instances of "An error occurred installing port monitor 'Adobe PDF Port'. Please contact the manufacturer for assistance.
Any ideas how to reinstall the Adobe PDF printer?
Thanks in advance.

You will simply have to do the updates of AA8. I think it was version 8.1 for XP. I have no idea if it will work with Win7 X64 or not. The updates or under the help menu. If you cannot get there, go to the Adobe downloads>updates (upper right of screen) and find the Win Acrobat updates. You need to install them in order after the version you have. If you don't know about updates, then you likely have 8.0.

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