Create pdf stopped working - WindowsXP-Office2003-Acrobat6

After 3 years of creating pdfs just fine, I swear it seems like "it" just stopped working.
Windows XP Media Edition - Service Pak 3
Office Professional 2003
Acrobat Standard 6.0
In any Office ap (word, excel, publisher, etc), if I do Print/Adobe PDF/OK - I get:
"Windows cannot print due to a problem with the current printer setup."
I've run Acrobat "Detect and Repair".
I've uninstalled (through Control Panel) and then reinstalled Acrobat.
I've run "Detect and Repair" in the various Office applications.
I've run into lots of "buzz" on the internet after googling the Error Message, and lots of other queries - but can't find an explanation or a fix. (Lots of other companies trying to sell their pdf makers by saying this is a big problem with Acrobat.)
I know - I should probably upgrade to the newest version of Acrobat, but I'm not comfortable that 6.0 that "worked" for years suddenly has stopped.
I use my machine hours each day, and no doubt there are background updates to Norton, Office, etc. going on frequently. But don't think I've made any major changes to the system to cause this.
Help? Thanks - John D

You select the Adobe PDF printer, but check the print to file button that is by that choice. In the printer box of my print menu, there is a little "Print to file" checkbox that I am talking about. For regular printers this creates a file that you could simply copy to the printer and complete the process. With Acrobat, the file must be processed in Distiller. What this does is checks the basic operation versus the automated step done by the PDF Port part of the Adobe PDF printer.
The printing process in Acrobat has several steps that are automated. The most basic process is to create a printer file (it is actually a PS file) when printing to the Adobe PDF printer. If you can successfully create that file, the next step is to open it in Distiller. If there are problems with the file, you should see those pointed out in the Distilling process. If you get a PDF from this process, but not when you print normally to the Adobe PDF printer (no print to file), then it suggests you have a problem with AcroTray (This should be running in the background all the time - check with ctrl-alt-del to see the tasks).
PDF Maker is simply another layer on top of the Adobe PDF printer that adds PDF Marks to the PS file created in the printing process by the printer. Normally, AcroTray will automatically process the PS file with Distiller and you don't deal with the extra steps yourself. The creation of the PS file is often where folks run into trouble with large files and running out of memory in the TEMP folder. The extra layers from PDF maker often bloat this file a lot.
Hope that I did not confuse you with the extra info. However, the info may help you understand the diagnostic process for tracing down the problem. Saying something does not work often leaves a lot of room for possible solutions and the first step is to narrow the problem down to a specific cause. Bill

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