Adobe Acrobat Pro v. 8 chokes on Windows XP

I routinely convert MS Word 2003 documents to .pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Pro v.8. A very frustrating part of this excercise isthe seeming necessity to reboot my PC whenever I want Adobe pdfmaker to convert the Word file to the .pdf file. Is there a setting or alternative approach to rebooting my PC each time. I normally run a full desktop with multiple applications as part of my business. Adobe Corp. was absoutely no help.
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