Acrobat Pro XI print dialog box opens in background, Web Browser

Issue: From web browser apps, I select Print > Adobe PDF > then, the Save PDF File As dialog box opens in the background instead of the foreground.
Acrobat Pro XI / Acrobat Pro 11.0.2
IE8 x32 / IE8 x64 / Firefox 20.0.1
Win7 Ent x64 SP1
Dell Latitude with I5 proc and Intel video
Dual screens with extended desktop display via DVI
In Distiller, I check the box for Preferences > Ask for PDF file destination.
I was issued a new corporate laptop a few months back, specs are above. Did not have this issue with Acrobat Pro X on my old Dell Latitude running Win7 Ent x64 SP1. So, I have multiple new moving parts in what could be the root cause.
Any ideas?
Thank you,
Doug

CowboyInAZ wrote:
"Acrobat is a fincky application..."
One thing I've learned since OSX 10.2 is that Mac is finicky about printer drivers too.
I had a Lexmark and it would freeze all the time after I switched to Panther. It was a discontinued model so when I moved up to 10.3 there were no new drivers. The old ones installed OK but they would cause it to freeze up and if it did print, it took about ten minutes to get through a page of text.
I got a new printer and one tht had current drivers available for Mac and the problem was solved.
It seems we fight a never-ending battle with hardware and software racing to stay ahead of each other.
Yes I've owned three printers since owning my first Mac an SE 30 I started out with a Apple ImagewriterII (made C-Itoch). I had to switch when I bought a 7100/66 which used the PowerPC processor instead of the 68030 processors. Then I had a HP DJ 650cse which used a Black Cartridge only. No color. I had to change again When I bought my G4-500. I am still using it today. Its the best printer I've had so far. I fear when I buy a new Intel Mac, and comes with X.6 (Snow Leopard) I will have to swap again. I've seen the new HP DeskJets and the won't last as long this one. They look like cheap toys and (gulp!) they use heads built like in epson not the Cartridges. The Cartridges were more expensive. But each time you bought one you got a new set of print heads. No longer.

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