Acrobat changes my default printer

I have Acrobat 9 pro installed as part of the CS4 web premium suite. I'm using the pdf maker toolbar in microsoft word to output a pdf.
Everytime I do this Acrobat decides to change my default printer to Adobe PDF which is really annoying. I did a little bit of searching and found others complaining about the same thing, but no solutions.
Anybody.
If it matters Windows XP Service Pack 3, Word 2003 SP1, Acrobat 9.1.0 pro

Thank you very much for the timely reply.
            I am not sure what is causing it myself, well I guess that's pretty obvious. I got really confused by your explanation and I do appreciate you taking time to clarify your answer.
            The last time it happened it wasn't after selecting a printer in word or any other such program. I had gone in and made sure it was set to default on my networked printer and then I printed some text notes I created in notepad. After that I went to a web page to print out a coupon for my wife and that's when I noticed that it had again been changed to the Adobe PDF printer? So I'm kind of, well not kind of, I'm very confused as to what is resetting my default printer??
            I assumed since it has happened in such a variety of situations that it had to be some sort of a win 7 issue? But I am not real good at this sort of troubleshooting. Is there any chance that this kind of non-invasive event would be noted in the event logs somewhere?
Thanks again for the response

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