Adobe Acrobat Standard I/O Reads Writes Out of Control

I am using Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.2 on Windows XP SP3 with the latest updates installed. In the last few months I have frequently caught acrobat.exe running even when I had no acrobat windows open. The way I know when this is occurring is because my disk read/write light goes crazy. When I open up the task manager I see that Acrobat has hundreds of thousands of disk I/O reads and writes. It is almost like it is caching itself or something. Anyway, does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to make this stop? Right now I just have to go in and force close the app via the Task Manager.
Thanks in advance,
CF

Thanks but I have tried both with and without acrotray running first and it still occurrs. Additionally, when I open it in relation to reboots doesn't matter. The only thing that I think might change behavior is whether or not Acrobat has been opened inside a web browser. There may be some question as to whether or not IE or FF close it properly.

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I like that Adobe Acrobat will correct problems, then ask you whether to save.
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I tried PDF printing this page (i.e. the page on which I am composing my response to your message). Then, I opened and closed the PDF, and was prompted to save.
Seems like if AA corrected the problem, and I saved, AA should not have to correct the problem again (if that is what's happening). Also, if AA made the PDF in the first place, there should be no problems with the PDFto correct.
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I tried FireFox. Displays PDFs, and AA-prints PDFs that are clean (i.e. no prompt on closing from AA).
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[Something in Spanish]
[Something in German]
Product Serial Number
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Download the Pro version instead, or the updates for the software you don't have, using the first link proposed. Problem: You can't install/activate the Standard software using the available Pro download, and the updates don't install the software.
Contact Adobe. Problem: You didn't buy the software from them, ergo, it's not their problem, and they probably won't help you.
Oh, for crying out loud, you're still buying software, why don't you just download cracked versions like smart people? Problem: It's an interesting proposition, but not really workable in a business environment.
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