Compare PDF Feature - 6 Pro onwards

Hi all,
We regularly run the Compare Feature of Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional to create a difference report of some of our documents after we make a change.
Recently, we have upgraded to Windows 7 (from XP) and Acrobat 6 no longer works (as it is a 64-bit OS)
We have tried Acrobat 7, but it still has the same problem (Cannot install the Printer Port)
We also tried 9 Pro, but the Report generated by that version is horrendous, and not very useful to us.
I trialled Adobe 11, and it has the same layout as 9, so no good for us.
Is there any Acrobat version that has the same report style as 6 Pro, but still works on Windows 7?

I was hoping to mark both as correct, but for anyone else reading this, both these responses are suitable and will allow the Adobe 6 functionality.
The marked answer was the first response, and directly answers my question. The solution will work in theory too, though I have encountered compatibility issues when using two Adobe PDF products together in the past.
The second answer though will also allow Adobe 6 to keep running (without the compatibility issues), but an additional Windows license will be required.
We could do this, though the machine that we have to set up needs to mirror our current environment for other testing purposes (apart from the Adobe PDF of course) and that requires Win 7 64-bit.

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