Print to PDF Issue

From Word 2010, when printing to the Adobe PDF printer (Acrobat 10.1.6), some users are experiencing an issue where the log file is created but the PDF document is not. THe log file contains two lines:
THe operation COmpleted successfully
Pipe:\\.\pipe\PMtoDistiller_ID_165:Microsoft Word - Test
I can print to file, create a PS file, and successfully create the PDF using Distiller.
Acrotray.exe seems to be running on the machine.
Has anyone seen this before? What would cause it?
Thanks.

I appologize I wrote Adobe reader, but it's adobe standard 6.0. And like a I
said I can create PDF's normally in all other situations and programs except for this one

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