Default Printer problems in Adobe Reader

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I have over 50 users with Adobe Reader 9.3.3 installed. Every morning someone calls and says Adobe Reader reported that there are no printers installed on their system. When I check their PC I find that the default printer setting has been removed and there is no default printer set. Once reset they have no problems with the printers or their other applications. This only happens when trying to print a PDF.
Why is Adobe Reader removing the default printer setting?
The driver has NOT been removed. Just the default setting.
In very PLAIN English the default printer check mark is GONE.

This is a strange issue indeed.!!!
Can you please let me know, whether the problem reproducible only after opening any specific file? It might be that the file is running a JavaScript on the system causing the default printer setting to be removed.
To verify the same, you can try and disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader 9.3.3 on some of the client systems, and then observe whether the problem is reproducible on their systems as they go around their normal work. (To disable javscript, goto Edit > Preferences > JavaScript and uncheck Enable Acrobat JavaScript)
If any client system tries to open a file which is trying to run a JavaScript code, they will get a Yellow message Bar on top of their page, asking for permissions to run JavaScript. This will give you an idea about the problematic file.
Hope this helps you zero in on the issue..
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:16:52 -0700
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