In the final analysis, the temp file ACR*.* were some thousands. Deleteing them allowed Acrobat to run.
I have not covered any permissions issues on purpose.
I do have one question. Why isn't Dell fixing this?
Bob
New Dell machine with Win2k. Adobe Acrobat installed at factory. When the user loggs on, Adobe won't run.

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