InDesign CS6 exports PDFs wrong.

When I try to export a file from InDesign CS6 as a PDF it always comes out looking like this:
I tried downloading a patch that was supposed to solve the issue, but my Adobe Updater won't work either. The progress bar loads all the way but then it just jumps back to asking if I want to install the new updates without ever actually installing anything.

That's totally useless. We don't know anything about your PDF settings, your version of Acrobat, your document, fonts used, paragraph styles, your system and so on. Ask in the ID forum and provide a lot more of those details.
Mylenium

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