Combining Multiple Files within Adobe 8 Professional to create one PDF

The software does not allow me to combine multiple file types to create one PDF. The error I get is Missing PDFMaker files. Do you want to run the installer in repair mode. It appears to go through the motion, but the end result is the same error message. I have noticed a number of people are also having this issue on the internet and on the Adobe forums. Did anyone find a fix for this? I have searched for days and have not found a fix for this.
Thanks,
Millie

If I go to file print the word document to PDF, it works fine. I also noticed when tried to do a right click on the files to convert to PDF, I get the Missing PDFMaker file message.
Windows XP SP2
Office 2007 SP1
Adobe Professional 8.0
Thanks,
Millie

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