Problem printing webpages to PDF

For years I have used the following steps to "print" me an electronic copy of receipts and such from websites and never had a problem until now... can anybody help me figure out what is causing the problem and how to correct it?
     choose print preview
     choose "Adobe PDF" from the printer list
     click OK in the print dialog box
     assign a name for the file in the "save file as" dialog box
     then my document would be created and available
Since I got a new computer, every time I try to do this, my internet explorer freezes up and has to be closed in the task manager, which results in the window showing my receipt timing out so I can't retrieve a copy of my receipt. 
Because with the new computer I upgraded from Win. XP to Win. 7 and from Adobe CS3 to Adobe CS5, I'm not sure which program change might have caused the problem or where to start looking so I thought I'd see if anyone else has had this problem and, if so, how they corrected it.
Thanks.

I have heard that some people have had success enabling the "Compatibility Mode" feature in IE8, even though this would not seem to be an issue.
If this does not work for you and you do not get another solution, I suggest trying to print the page in a different browser to see if the problem is an IE or Acrobat issue.

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