Acrobat 9: Read-only errror on second save

I can save a file for the first time in using Adobe Acrobat 9 without any problem. If I then re-open the same file, make a change and try to save it again, I receive the error message the file is read-only or in use by another program. This occurs every time. This is a new problem after one of the automatic updates from Adobe. I have checked the properties of the files and the read-only box is not checked. I have checked security and have full control read, write, modify etc. Is there something in Acrobat 9 or in Vista that can be set or changed to correct this problem? OS: Windows Vista Service pack 2, build 6.0.602; Acrobat Std, Ver. 9.3.2

I was having similar issue on one workstation. I could open and edit other types of docs (word, excel, etc) and could change the names of pdf documents but when saving the pdf after making any changes it would act like it was open by another user and would prompt for saving under different name. Also, could open and edit a document on one workstation and go back to problem one and it couldn't. Both workstations are Windows 7 and were using acrobat v8.1.3
Updated both to 8.1.4 and the issue went away. Couldn't any reference to this problem in the patch notes however.

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