Acrobat Standard 9.1 - Forms Distribution

I am trying to distribute a form using Acrobat Standard 9.1.  When I try to use either to use the adobe.com or "Save a local copy and manually send it later" option, I am getting this error: "The filename you specified is not valid because it does not include a .pdf extension, contains one or more invalid characters or the path preceding it refers to a protected system location."  None of these is true.  I was able to do this last October and November, but last month, I had to get a new disk and loaded Acrobat on the new disk along with my other programs.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Kit Marty, Medina, Ohio

Bill,
To answer your last question first, I am running Windows NT Professional SP3.  The file name I tried to use was "Germ Patrol Registration Form (June 5, 2009)".  More importantly, using the 8-chracter file name "Register" worked.  Thanks for your help.
However, one thing that really puzzles me is that prior to reloading my system onto a new disk last month, the long file name worked.  I created a form for distribution in November with the name "Germ Patrol Registration Form (November 21 2008)" and it worked just fine.  Is there some default setting buried in Acrobat's preferences that tells it to accept only short file names for files that will be distributed?
Kit

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