Indesign won't export to pdf

Hi everyone,
I've just upgraded to Indesign CS5. I've also downloaded the patch so that it's version 7.03.
When I try to export to pdf, I get an error that says: 1 problem was found with a background task: Failed to export an eps item on page A.
I get the same error when I try to export any file at all.
Anyone know why this is happening? It worked fine in CS4.
Appreciate any advice.

Try putting a couple of random files together in a book and see if that will export. Books export to PDF in the foreground, so this should tell us if the problem is in the background task itself, or something else.
If it's happening with all files, my instinct is it is either corrupt preferences, a conflict with some other software, or a damaged instalation of ID. I think som Firefox plugins have been implicated in odd behavior in ID, and of course third party ID plugins are always suspect. Try cloing all other apps and see if it makes a difference, and deactvate any optional plugins, including any font auto-activation. If that doesn't work, the next thing I would try is Replace Your Preferences, followed by a reinstall as a last resort.
Have you ever been able to use the background export? Can you export to .idml instead? What's the OS?

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