Acrobat 8 - windows 7 print to pdf

Hi,
I have Adobe Creative Suite CS3 running on Windows 7. Everything worked fine until yesterday. I wanted to create a PDF from Indesign using Print and nothing happened. The progress bar froze at 3 bars and I had to close the apps through task manager. I've tried just about everything I could think of, including a complete new install of Creative Suite.
So now here's the wierd part: I created a new user account and logged on to Windows using the new account and everything works fine again. If I log off and log back on with the old user and try to print to PDF both apps crash.
Very wierd ... I'd be very gratefull for all tips or feedback!
Greetings from hot and sweaty Germany ...
Gary

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