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PDF printing problem
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Posted by William hsi (2 messages posted)

Recently I have been unable to print any adobe pdf files. The error mesage says: Unable to start printing job. Is printer available? I can print any other documents. What is the problem and how to solve it? Please help. Regards.

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re: PDF printing problem
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Posted by Jacob6601 (1710 messages posted)

Check the default printer in adobe first.
Next, re-boot, maybe adobe has an internal spooler that needs to be cleared.
If neither works, I would un-install and re-install.
If the re-install works, I would run "chkdsk volume:/r" as a bad spot on the disk 
might be the reason for the corrupted file. Run this overnight as chkdsk will take 
some time.
chkdsk = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us

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re: PDF printing problem
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Posted by William hsi (2 messages posted)

Thank you for your advise. It seems that I have more problems when I tried to uninstall adobe. There is another error message says that the Window Installer is unaccessible. It is either run in Safe Mode or the Window Installer was not installed correctly. I know my window is not running in Safe Mode, and I have tried to reinstall the installer but failed. What can I do now? Thanks.

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re: PDF printing problem
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Posted by Jacob6601 (1710 messages posted)

First off, have you done a thorough scan for malware? If so, I would start with these 
steps:

1. Run chkdsk c:/r
2. Run Sfc /Scannow -- System File Checker http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747/en-us
3. Try to un-install again. If it doesn't work, try to repair the Windows Installer 
as shown here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886630/en-us

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