Acrobat X Standard defaults to non-existant printer

After uninstalling a Lexmark S310 printer for one specific user, we'll call them UserX, Acrobat X Standard still defaults to the Lexmark S310 printer even though it doesn't exist in Windows anymore. All other users it works correctly, this only affects 1 user, UserX. All other programs work fine for UserX. I spent 30 minutes on the phone with Adobe support who proceeded to tell me that Adobe doesn't store any information in users profiles and that it was a Windows problem, yet their software is the only one having a problem, a complete waste of 30 minutes. I have deleted all the Adobe profile information from c:\users\userx\appdata\local\adobe, c:\users\userx\appdata\locallow\adobe, and c:\users\userx\appdata\roaming\adobe and it still does the same thing. I am at my wits end and about ready to delete the profile and recreate. Anyone have any ideas so I don't have to go that far?

I should also mention that Acrobat does not show the new printer that has been installed. It's almost as if it's stuck in time, I just need to know how to refresh the printer information and "unstick" it

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Hi Guy,
As you mentioned, the driver may not work if it can't actually find the printer. I've done this a few times myself. Every so often, the driver will work. Which is nice because then you can see all of the print and color options. Just as easy though is to go to the manufacturer's web site and download the user manual. They almost always have these as a PDF document.
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Hi Bill,
Good idea about Save As. I myself often save versions of Excel and Word documents as I work but this workplace here doesn't do that for their PDF documents. It is a good idea, increases the files but they have enough network server space (Microsoft Servers). They enclose all kinds of pages into a one document so that they can keep track of the entity - no IT reason why they can't adopt a safer practice in the interim until this is sorted out.
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Will batch file conversion help in any way? That is, process all these files to Acrobat 10 level, then use Acrobat 10 normally?
How do they do batch file conversion - can they do that with Acrobat 10 Standard?
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I was very pleased to find this info too. Thanks.
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Thank you very much for the timely reply.
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