Changing the connected state of Add-Ins

[Stu]

What do I do if the Adobe PDF add-in in Word 2007 is disabled and when I try
to enable I get the following message " the connected state of Office Add-Ins
registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed?"

 

[Graham Mayor]

Are you logged in as administrator?

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[Stu]

I suspect not. I'm a humble home user and just log in to Vista as myself. I
did follow the links to fix the same problem in Outlook and logged in as an
Administrator in Outlook but haven't found a similar option for Word

 

[Graham Mayor]

This is not really a Word issue but an Acrobat and Windows issue (I take it
your Acrobat version is compatible with both Word 2007 and Vista?) however
see
http://www.geekswhoknow.com/articles/windows_vista_run_as_administrator.htm

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[Stu]

Thanks Graham. I'm at a loss now. I am signed on as the administrator.
the PDF maker function is available in all the other office packages but is
diabled in Word. If I try to modify the Add-ins in any of the office
programs except Outlook I get the " the connected state of Office Add-Ins
registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE cannot be changed?" message. I despair (