Adobe PDF Printing Preferences Problem

We have seven Windows 7 64 bit machines with Adobe Pro XI (part of the Technical Communication Suite). On one machine, we are unable to modify the Adobe PDF Printing Preferences Settings for the following two items:
Adobe PDF Security: It is grayed out and we are unable to edit. No selections are available from the dropdown.
Adobe PDF Folder: While not grayed out and we are unable to edit and no selections are available from the dropdown. On all the other computers, this is listed as "Adobe PDF Output:"
What do we need to do on this one computer, so we can edit the two line items?
I removed the printer from the machine, and ran the Repair function from Acrobat. I have changed the Default Settings: section several times. That did not resolve the issue. I suspect it may be a difference in the actual driver. Any suggestions?
Message was edited by: Dave Maslowski Added screen shot.

Log on as the local Administrator of the machine. This does not mean the network admin account or workgroup admin account. It means the Administrator/Owner of the local machine ( Log in using built in-administrator | Create local administrator account | Windows 7, 8, Vista ) . Are you able to access these features when logged in as the local machine administrator? If yes, then this is an account permissions issue probably correctable. If no, then you have a machine permissions issue, which is more serious.

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