Print issue: "Print on both sides..." checkbox not present in V10.1.2 under Win XP SP3

Since upgrading to Adobe Reader 10.1.2 (wish I never had), my "Print on both sides" option is evidently ON (by default), but I cannot turn it off because the check box to do so is not present in the Print dialog:
The checkbox should be underneath the "Choose papre source" box, but it's not. Hence the advice in http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/928/cpsid_92870.html is useless. I have done a Control Panel > Programs > Change/repair, still the same problem. Also have tried Adobe Reader > Edit > Preferences > General > uncheck "Enable protected mode at start-up" (suggested in another thread), problem persists. (Re-enabled Protected mode). 
Using Win XP Pro SP3.
This is a real pain....every print job brings the dreaded "Print on both sides instructions", with wasted paper, prompting each page to print manually, etc.  I have seen this scenario reported by others...Adobe, please fix this!

Hi Johann,
You printer driver doesn's support duplex printing, because of which you are not able to see that checkbox.
You can try the following to disable duplex printing through registry:
1. Go to : Start-> Run-> type Regedit-> click OK.
2. It open registry editior. Locate the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\AVGeneral]
3. Find the existing DWORD value which is named :
"iDuplexMode"=dword:00000001".
Set the value either as:
1 = no duplex
0 (or key does not exist) = duplex

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