Print to PDF as size A2

I am trying to create a PDF using paper size A2 using Acrobat V9.1 on Windows XP
When I try to select paper size, either in the print properties or acrobat printing preferences (settings -> printers), I don't have any page sizes larger than A3.
If I try to Add a paper size called A2, (Adobe PDF Page Size "Add" button) it says "Not allowed to modify system or printer defined size (A2). Only user defined paper size can be modified or deleted."
If I try to create a new size e.g. "MyA2" with the correct sizes, after I press the "Add/Modify" button, I don't get any warnings or errors, but I still don't have the page size available.
I've looked in the help, and I've searched the forums, but can't find anything. How can I enable the A2 page size that already exists, or how do I create a new one to use?

...so today I contatcted the Adobe support, both via LiveChat and via telephone (the German support in this case).
While the live chat operator took a while to understand what I was talking about, the guy on the phone understood it immediately.
He said that this is a well-known bug of Adobe Acrobat, and he confirmed that right now there is no solution. He said that it might be corrected with an upcoming update... even if the problem is now more than one year old (much more).
The only workaround available at the moment is to create the paper size that you need and name it "Azero" or "Aone".... it's for sure not a reasonable solution in our environment, finding a mixture of workstations working differently, but at least it's a possibility for single users.
It would be also nice if any "Qualified Adobe" user could report here some "official" information about such a bug in Acrobat.
Hoping for a fix coming up...

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