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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

To be very specific, the last Windows operating system that supported Acrobat 7 was Windows XP 32-bit. A new laptop computer is most likely to be Windows 10 (of some form). Even if you can get Acrobat 7 to partially install, it will not create a PDF printer instance since the Microsoft architecture for same changed after Windows XP. Furthermore the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance prior to Acrobat 8.1 didn't support 64-bit operating systems (most current users of Windows 10 are using the 64-bit version of same).

Sorry, but that new laptop computer will need Acrobat Standard DC (subscription) or Acrobat Standard 2017 (perpetual license).

          - Dov

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Dov Isaacs
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Brainiac
April 29, 2019

To be very specific, the last Windows operating system that supported Acrobat 7 was Windows XP 32-bit. A new laptop computer is most likely to be Windows 10 (of some form). Even if you can get Acrobat 7 to partially install, it will not create a PDF printer instance since the Microsoft architecture for same changed after Windows XP. Furthermore the Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance prior to Acrobat 8.1 didn't support 64-bit operating systems (most current users of Windows 10 are using the 64-bit version of same).

Sorry, but that new laptop computer will need Acrobat Standard DC (subscription) or Acrobat Standard 2017 (perpetual license).

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
try67
Adobe Expert
April 26, 2019

That's not surprising. It's a very old version, not compatible with any current operating system.