Acrobat 7.0 Pro on Vista freezes when PDF from Multiple

I try to create a PDF from multiple files and Acrobat just sits there looking stupid. I've checked for updates - Fully updated. It's from my CS2 Premium Professional edition. I have it installed on a Dell e1705 with Vista Home. Dual Processor, but still a 32 bit system. 2GB of ram and a 256 memory card.
I look at the Task manager and the program is using about 22mb of memory. After I select the create PDF form multiple files the program stops like it is about to do something. Vista doesn't register the program as not responding so it's doing something. The CPU usage is at about 50% and stays that way for at least 15 minutes. I just got tired of waiting and closed it in the task manager.
How do I fix this?

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The $1500 must be for CS, since an upgrade to AA8 from AA7 is only $159. In today's market, AA7 is actually an old man with AA8 being out for quite a while. Six months ago you could still get XP Pro for about $190. I understand it is now almost $800, but I really don't track the prices. I am getting a new machine with VISTA on it in a week or two and plan to look at it a bit (called give it a chance). However, I fully expect to remove VISTA and install XP Pro. To me, that cost is a lot better than upgrading all of my software because of the changes in Windows.
So which system has the bug, Adobe or VISTA. I think you will find a lot of folks who say it is VISTA (that is not to say that Adobe doesn't have some issues also). Hope you get your system working satisfactorily.

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Machine-check capabilities (cpu 1) 0x0000000000000806:
family: 6 model: 15 stepping: 10 microcode: 146
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7300 @ 2.00GHz
6 error-reporting banks
threshold-based error status present
Machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200004000000800 valid
MCA error code:            0x0800
Model specific error code: 0x0000
Other information:         0x00000040
Threshold-based status:    Undefined
Status bits:
   Processor context corrupt
   Error enabled
   Uncorrected error
   Error overflow
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200241010040400 valid
MCA error code:            0x0400
Model specific error code: 0x1004
Other information:         0x00002410
Threshold-based status:    Undefined
Status bits:
   Processor context corrupt
   Error enabled
   Uncorrected error
   Error overflow
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2cf3cc): "Machine Check at 0x00dfa4c8, trapno:0x12, err:0x0," "registers:\n" "CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x55cfe000, CR3: 0x2b84c000, CR4: 0x00000660\n" "EAX: 0x559edc20, EBX: 0x072db000, ECX: 0x00e0c428, EDX: 0x00000000\n" "ESP: 0x0010be00, EBP: 0x0010be68, ESI: 0x072d9000, EDI: 0x072d1280\n" "EFL: 0x00010006, EIP: 0x00dfa4c8\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.32.7/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:258
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x818d98 : 0x2203de (0x6b08cc 0x818db8 0x229fb0 0x0)
0x818dc8 : 0x2cf3cc (0x6bde94 0x6bdfc8 0xdfa4c8 0x12)
0x818f38 : 0x2cf409 (0x818f70 0xde 0x6bdfc8 0x1)
0x818f58 : 0x2e6182 (0x818f70 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x10be68 : 0xdfa9a2 (0x72d9000 0x0 0x10bea8 0x22fb7f)
0x10be88 : 0x666bb6 (0x72d9000 0x72d1280 0x75b2904 0x663d5e)
0x10beb8 : 0x67cb5f (0x72d1280 0x0 0x7295080 0x0)
0x10bef8 : 0x1ae3691 (0x72d1200 0x0 0x72d1200 0x0)
0x10bf28 : 0x1b03351 (0x7277500 0x0 0x0 0x55)
0x10bf48 : 0x1b0e7a3 (0x55 0x2d0d29 0x0 0x1313d70)
0x10bf78 : 0x69ca2d (0x71c8680 0x0 0x71e3180 0x55)
0x10bf98 : 0x2ceba4 (0x55 0x10eb710 0x4 0x0)
0x10bfd8 : 0x2e570e (0x10eb710 0x2c5db0 0x0 0x2c5e0b)
0x10eb808 : 0x527e2f (0x6c42c8 0x19 0x80cc82e 0x10eb868)
0x10eb878 : 0x5286a9 (0x7513aa0 0x10eb8f0 0x743a004 0x0)
0x10eb8d8 : 0x32b069 (0x10eb8f0 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x10eb918 : 0x322e68 (0x74fabc0 0x6c42c8 0x0 0x10eb978)
0x10eb948 : 0x32920c (0x74fabc0 0x6c42c8 0x0 0x10eb978)
0x10eb988 : 0x32c81b (0x804bf3c 0x10ebae0 0x804bf3c 0x10ebb28)
0x10eb9b8 : 0x308afb (0x74fabc0 0x10ebae0 0x804bf3c 0x0)
0x10ebc28 : 0x54d235 (0x72803e0 0x0 0x880 0x804bf3c)
0x10ebc58 : 0x307d0e (0x73dbb04 0x72803e0 0x880 0x804bf3c)
0x10ebc88 : 0x321fb2 (0x74fabc0 0x0 0x880 0x804bf3c)
0x10ebca8 : 0x316802 (0x74fabc0 0x10ebd60 0x0 0x1)
0x10ebdd8 : 0x317478 (0x5f607c0 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x10ebf78 : 0x5f3c2a (0x7564828 0x10846394 0x804be80 0x7f81cd0)
0x10ebfc8 : 0x2e60a7 (0x10846390 0x0 0x2c7d1b 0x10846390)
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         com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.5)[C5484D26-28D3-4DA8-B2C0-7A3EB8F38BD5]@0 x1b01000->0x1b56fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[5EC48FA0-6225-414F-ABAB-A898F91B7E15]@0xa8700 0
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8087C029-833E-4B62-A8C3-2B074B4C55F7]@0xb3c000
         com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC(1.6)[5BEB4F30-F328-4086-9502-DE97ED5448F2]@0x1ae2000 ->0x1ae5fff
         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI(5.1)[607ED327-88BE-4ABF-A666-AD1D02B3D03E]@0xdf60 00->0xe15fff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8087C029-833E-4B62-A8C3-2B074B4C55F7]@0xb3c000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds
Mac OS version:
11G63
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:26:45 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_I386
Kernel UUID: 859B45FB-14BB-35ED-B823-08393C63E13B
System model name: MacBook3,1 (Mac-F22788C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 32336204274368
last loaded kext at 206807220187: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.7.2 (addr 0xaa8000, size 249856)
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Machine-check capabilities (cpu 1) 0x0000000000000806:
family: 6 mPdaei: c(CPU10):5 snepresing: sive1pr0c smsori(rotodhie C:U did n14 a6know edge Intenrupts)tTLeB slate(0x1R
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I ended up doing an erase and fresh install of Snow Leopard (10.6.0), upgraded to 10.6.4 with the combo update, then a fresh install of all my apps, including VMware 3.1. Everything has been solid for 2 days now. I'm guessing that my system had a magic combination of issues that weren't visible in 10.6.3 but became obvious only after upgrading to 10.6.4. I had been upgrading my OS since 10.5.0 over the last 2 years and needed to do a clean re-install for some time now.
I'm guessing that others who are noticing problems with the 10.6.4 update have a similar situation with their installations. Think back on all the times a software installation failed, or the system required a hard boot. Plus, I had a lot of 3rd party apps on my box that never posted updates for later Snow Leopard releases, so who knows? Anyway, it's good to have a clean and snappy system again. A lot of my apps launch a lot faster now and survive the screen saver and power saver modes just fine.
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My unibody 17" MacBook Pro occasionally shuts down on waking from sleep when it isn't plugged in.
When I open the lid to wake it I can hear the hard drive and fans starting to spool, and then the next second it's off and silent. The laptop doesn't mind being turned on again after it does this and might go a week without doing it again, equally it might do it next time I try and wake it from sleep. It does this regardless of battery charge level.
coconutBattery says the battery still has 86% of its designed capacity, and I haven't noticed anything else untoward regarding battery charging or performance when in use.
So my question is two fold:
1) Does it sound like the battery's internal processor is malfunctioning, or could it be something else?
2) If it is the battery's internal processor, will replacing the battery replace the processor, or are they fitted separately (in defference to the 'internal' part of its name)?
Cheers,
James
nb. just in case it makes any difference, the laptop is a 17" Mid-2009 MacBook Pro, 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo with 4Gb Ram running OSX 10.7.3

James
I have had issues when i press the space bar from sleep, sometimes it wakes but others i'm forced to power it on with the power button.
Is this similar to anything you've experianced?
Its so inconsistantly these days, but i'm also connected to an external screen.

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