Acrobat 9 OCR problems

     Although this already had a discussion, the replies there didn't solve my problems. OCR in 9 crashes almost all the time and I have applied all the updates available to date. Version 8 works fine but I already upgraded most computers to 9 thinking it would better (my bad). The slowest computer with less RAM but version 8 goes along fine, never a problem; four other faster computers with average of 2 GB of RAM but with V9 installed never complete a batch process OCR (settings are as close to the V8 version as possible) without crashing.
     The last discussion ended with the suggestion of installing latest updates; has this worked for anyone? Ongoing projects require use of mutliple computers to complete OCR; ready to uninstall 9 from all computers and try to find V8 to use.
     If anyone has any other suggestions, please post. Thanks for your time.

So why start another posting instead of adding to the old one ?! Think of the people searching for an answer at a later date. Multiple threads confuse not help.
Always, always before asking for tech support ensure that you have the latest Operating System updates and Adobe product updates for the specific product you're having trouble with. No one wants to spend tme helping someone when they might not have installed all the latest updates, (which may have fixed the problem in the 1st place). That has to be assumed that the questioner has already done. So don't ask about applying just do it (to answer your question about the updates).
In terms of number it's quite possible you're maxing out your system RAM. It's not uncommon to require 5x the size of the scanned image in memory for each page when processing. That can add up fast for complex pages when OCRing. Acrobat 9 probably uses more memory, but in the end it optimizes  better than version 8.

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