Acrobat 8 Pro checks for updates non stop

I have acrobat 8 pro on a 10.5.8 computer. I was able to update it to 8.2.1 by downloading and doing the updates manually. But now the updater is running constantly. It doesn't find any new updates, and as soon as I click on Quit, it starts all over again. When I click on Preferences and uncheck Check for Updates, that doesn't make any difference and it goes back to looping the adobe updater. I have several other computers that I did the same procedure on to get to 8.2.1 and they don't have this problem. Any ideas short of doing an uninstall/reinstall?

Thanks for chiming in, Bill, but it seems like you missed my comment about checking my other computer, same OS, same Acrobat 8, and it installed fine into 64-bits. It didn't ask for any files from other disks, and I've been using it on that system for almost two years in that environment. I am puzzled, though, as to why all files needed for installation of any program would not be included on the installation disk.
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