Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms not working!

I am using window 7 and adobe reader 9. I cant search using keywords that can be found in pdf content. I've indexed those files but the same thing still happen! After a series of installation of ifilter > rebuild index >restart > unistall > restart > reinstall >rebuild>restart.........
somehow two or three files can be search by typing keywords in their content but still not all! Can someone help?!

hi Phillip
i am not sure what you mean
I downloaded the ifilter and installed it
then configured everything as shown in the pdf file
I tried indexing from scratch exactly as i did successfully in the other computer
and got some errors in the log file
i checked the sql server log and the event viewer logs and got :
Error '0x80004005' occurred during full-text index population for table or indexed view '[Pirsumim_ext_ck].[dbo].[T_PUBLICATIONS]' (table or indexed view ID '2073058421', database ID '14'), full-text key value 0x0000027A. Attempt will be made to reindex it.
The component 'PDFFilter.dll' reported error while indexing. Component path 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms\bin\PDFFilter.dll'.
Informational: Full-text retry pass of Full population completed for table or indexed view '[Pirsumim_ext_ck].[dbo].[T_PUBLICATIONS]' (table or indexed view ID '2073058421', database ID '14'). Number of retry documents processed: 1. Number of documents failed: 1.
Changing the status to MERGE for full-text catalog "Pirsumim_ext_catalog_ck" (5) in database "Pirsumim_ext_ck" (14). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Informational: Full-text Auto population initialized for table or indexed view '[Pirsumim_ext_ck].[dbo].[T_PUBLICATIONS]' (table or indexed view ID '2073058421', database ID '14'). Population sub-tasks: 1
the same dll worked fine in another computer...
how can i see more details what is wrong with this dll ?
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