slimpi66y

Please give me a hand guys, so far Win Xp has been nothing but a piece of doodoodood

I needed a PDF form filled so I got a hold of Acrobat Pro 6, when I tried installing it, the very last step is

"Starting Services", and the Service is "Spooler", then it will pop up "you don't have enough previlige to start services".

But I am already the administrator login on my machine and it's not networked in anyway, never had a problem installing other software.

Please guys, need help on this

or is there another way that I can fill a PDF form?

thank you

Fearless_Hyena

This probably isn't the answer you are looking for, but PDFs are designed to be printed out and filled-out by hand.

Here's a KB article from Adobe that looks similar but isn't exactly your problem, worth a shot though:
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/31636.htm

If you go to the Services control panel, can you start the Spooler service manually? Since you're already Administrator, I got no idea what could be causing that otherwise...

slimpi66y

inspiring, so how do I start the Spooler mannually?

tropple

In the Component Services, look for the Printer Spooler and set it to automatic. If it won't start, check the dependencies. Printe Spooler requires RPC.

Ensure that you are using a postscript capable printer to create the postscript. That will make things simpler.

Once you have created your PDF, open it in Acrobat (previously known as Acrobat Exchange) and then read up on Forms. You'll be creating an FDF, the Acrobat Fod\rm Document Format.

I don't use them, so you'll need to rely on the Acrobat Docs for more assistance. They do work pretty well once you get the running.

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Mondak

I would not say that is true at all. I have worked with Acrobat heavily since v4 and the ability to make PDFs fillable on screen forms is a key reason to buy Acrobat over the Free Reader. It is pretty deep in that you can not only fill out the forms on screen and print them as expected, but you can submit information back to a database just like other HTML forms.

As far as troubleshooting - I am pretty unhappy with 6 but I will do what I can. A lot of problems come from an install of Acrobat on top of something else - either a previous version or the Free Reader. Their QA dept should really try all permutations before release, but that is their fault.

As you might expect, I would recomend you uninstall all acrobat software and then reinstall. That may do it.

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slimpi66y

thanks man, but I am not sure if we are going in the right direction, I tried uninstalling the printer completely, and the same message, my version is legit but borrowed it from the original purchaser.

what is this RPC the printer Spooler is requiring?

my machine is brand new, running AMD 3200, enough ram and not a lot of software.

slimpi66y

thanks buddy, the problem is that I've since wiped the free reader clean and still to no avail, the form is my daughter's application to the ballet school the damn thing is 30 pages long, not really an option to fill it by hand,

so I did a clean installation, still no go, searched the Adobe forums pretty thoroughly, still no go,

please help me

JohnnyRoyale

Try this: Go to the control panel, or right click on My Computer, and select Manage.

If you go the Control panel route, look for a folder called Administrative tools, then a folder called system tools, then double click on services in that second folder. (not component services)

If you go the computer management route, select the services and applications at the bottom of the left side pane, then select services.

Now, you should have services up on your screen, scroll through them to find one called Print Spooler.
Click once on it, and select start (just to the left of where the services are listed).

BTW, the print spooler should have Local System in the right most colum, and Automatic to the left of Local System, as the startup type. If they don't, you can right click on the printer spooler service, select Properties, and set the startup to automatic on the first tab, then on the Log On Tab, select Local System and DO check interact with desktop.

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slimpi66y

hey gang, I got it to work, did start the spooler by setting it to automatic,

for reasons not known, the spooler was "disabled",

but now here's another problem, I have Acrobat Pro 6 installed and launched the PDF form I needed to fill, but it doesn't make a diff at all, how do I start filling the form???

again, thak yo for your help

Mondak

well - here is the "bad" news

For forms you have to fill out a lot, it is pretty ideal. You add in form fields and then you can fill them out.

The thing is that for a form that you are only doing once, it is a bit of a pain in the ass. It is not too bad if you know your way around, but the first time, you might not like it.

The best way I can think of is if you are just doing general data entry in the fields, make one form field (Tools, advanced editing, Show Form Toolbar - select the form tool and create one zone and set up the properties to allow alpha numberic entry and say 30 or so charatchters) Then copy that field and paste it over and over on all the places you need a field to fill. You may need to do some resizing. Oh yeah - specify a font size so that resizing a field will not get you a huge or a small font after resizing (default is automatic sizing) .

Then when all the fields are in place, you can select the hand tool and click on your first field. After each field, you should be able to hit tab to get to the next field if you put them on in order.

Sounds like a lot, but it is really not too bad. If this were a form you did more often it is way worth it.

30 pages just to do ballet? Damn lawyers. . .

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