Today's Update Screwed up PDF printing from Word

Todays adobe update (6/20/11) somehow screwed up my Adobe Printer Driver and now I can not print to PDF files. I've tried re-installing Adobe-X with no change in the ability to print to PDF. Any ideas?

Try the steps recommended in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/791587. Here is the short version:
1. Delete the PDF Printer
2. Use Control Panel / Programs and Features to repair the Acrobat installation
3. Then reboot Windows and see if the problem is fixed

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