Acrobat Pro 8 ToolBar problem

Hi,

2 days ago I bought a new Dell T5400 precision workstation. I am using XP Pro SP3. No anti-virus software yet.

After installing everything (Office, Quark, PageMaker, CS3) I launched Acrobat and all seemed well until I used the cropping tool.

At this point everything slowed to a crawl.

Same problem if I use the hand tool - perhaps other tools may also give the problem.

Uninstalled every application including CS3 and used the cleansweep utility (think it is called that) to make sure no legacy bits of CS3 remained.

Re-installed just Acrobat Pro but the problem persists. The programme launches in a blink of an eye and I can zoom in and out at blistering speed until I use the crop tool and then everything just slows right down again to the point where you think the application has frozen. After quiting and re-launching everything works at blistering speed again until I use the cropping tool or the hand tool. Same problem if I choose Document > Crop Pages.

Have tried several different Acrobat files.

Tried installing the Acrobat updates one at a time until 8.1.6 (I think) but the problem persists.

So now, apart from any software that was pre-installed on the machine the only things I have added is Acrobat Pro 8.

The only other think to say is that I used PartitionMagic from Norton before I started.

I haven't tried to re-install the system software and am reluctant to go through this pain unless someone has overcome this problem by doing this before.

I'm guessing that Acrobat 8 Pro has a conflict issue with something on the machine.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Russ