Acrobat Distiller stop functioning

I am currently using an older version of Acrobat.  It is 5.0.  I am runnig windows XP pro and service pack 3   It was working just fine and all of a sudden, I can no longer use the distiller to print to a .pdf.  Has there been an auto update that would have cause this?  If anyone has a responce, please let me know.  [email protected]

Sometimes the installation of a new printer can cause this.  You may want to try uninstalling and reinstalling your copy of acrobat- that should fix your issue.

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