PDF stays in print queue forever until I delete it. Why?

For the past few months, when I print a document to PDF, it stays in the Windows print spooler forever until I delete it.
In other words, long after the pdf has been created, I'll see the Printer icon in the system tray, click on it, and see that the document is still sitting in the queue, so I have to cancel it.
It never used to do that until recently, and it doesn't do it on my other computers. Works ok otherwise, but I can't understand why Acrobat or Windows isn't clearing the queue after the pdf is created.
I have Acrobat 8 with Windows XP.

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What an amazing solution!
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I went back to Admin mode, re-classified the Limited account as a Computer Administrator account, logged on to this account and re-named the printer (in this case I took out another space so it became HPDeskjetF4500 series. Then it printed fine using the print icon or using File->Print->choose page number or current page. I then went back to the Computer Administrator account, re-named the printer to HPDeskjet F4500 and re-classified the second account back to Limited account mode. Now printing OK in both Computer Administrator account mode and Limited account mode.
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