Problem uninstall Acrobat 8.1.6

I have Acrobat 8 on an Windows XP machine. The Acrobat would not work correctly so I tried to uninstall & re-install Acrobat. I got error message "not removed." On one attempt an error message flash on the screen must remove 8.1.6 before the uninstall can work. How do I remove the 8,1.6? Unistall is not available in the control panel or with CS3 uninstall. I have tried reinstall, but it did not work. How do I remove Adobe 8 so I can get to a clean install?

The easiest way to overcome your issue is to use the Windows Installer Clean-up utility.  The download and instructions are found at this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Good Luck!

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