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Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete Click Processes Click Image Name to alphabetize the list Is Acrotray.exe one of the running processes? It should normally load at start up and might appear in your task bar. Sometimes this annoys people, so they track it down, kill the process, prevent it from automatically loading any longer. That in turn produces symptoms *very* much like the ones you're experiencing. With luck, that's all there is to it. At 07:29 AM 12/19/2003 +1300, you wrote: > >The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com >__________________________________________________________________ > >I originally posted this on PDF-Basics with no response, so I thought I'd >try here... > >I have a problem creating PDFs through the print to Distiller process. This >seems to occur from any application, and also in MS Word if I use the Create >PDF macro. The process starts, then hangs up and Windows XP gives me a "this >document failed to print" message and the document is stuck in the Distiller >print queue, with the only way to clear and unfreeze things being to use >Task Manager to kill the Distiller task. I am using Acrobat 5.0.5 under >Windows XP Home. I _think_ the problem may have started since I installed >the version 6 Reader (since uninstalled). I have uninstalled and >re-installed Acrobat with no improvement. > >I can create a PDF by printing to Distiller using "print to file" and then >starting Distiller and loading the file manually, so there is nothing wrong >with Distiller per se, just with the interfaces somewhere. > >Any suggestions from the massed talent out there? (And before Leonard >asks/suggests, changing to Acrobat 6 is not an option at the moment :-) ) > >Thanks, >Tony Bacon >Aotearoa/New Zealand > > >To change your subscription: >http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > > > ============================================================================= Steve Rindsberg http://www.steverindsberg.com/ To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
