Acrobat 8 Standard and Vista

Having a couple problems with Acrobat 8 Standard under a clean Vista install:
1)  Initially, PDFs would not open in Internet Explorer at all.  IE would error and treat it as a bad link, even though it wasn't.  I disabled "Protected Mode" and it fixed this problem, but I am not sure if this was the best workaround?
2)  Is there some special trick to getting my adobe toolbars to maintain my customized settings every time I open adobe?  I customize my toolbars and even select "lock toolbars" and then every time I open a new document certain tools are gone.  It's like it isn't saving layout or toolbars or anything everytime I close.
Thanks!

Open a file in WORD or PPT. Now try the following steps to troubleshoot the process:
1. Go to the print menu and select the Adobe PDF printer and check print-to-file. Select OK and choose a location and file name you can remember. The extension will be prn by default, even though it is a PS file. If this step completes (it should), start Distiller. Open the file in Distiller and see if a PDF is produced (if not, note the error messages that are listed and bring them back).
2. If (1) worked, then repeat the process without the print-to-file checked. You should be asked for a location and file name for the PDF file. Does this step work? If not, then check the running tasks (ctrl-alt-del) and be sure that AcroTray is running. If not, go to the Distiller folder and start it, repeating this step.
3. Once you have gotten (2) to work, then proceed with PDF Maker, the Adobe icon in WORD or PPT. With your version of these products, there should not be a problem with the disabling within the OFFICE products as there is with newer versions of OFFICE.
Hopefully that gets you where you need to go. Bill

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