installing 8.1 professional on a new windows 10 machine

[barirw]

I bought a new HP laptop and am trying to install Adobe 8.1 Professional and I keep getting Error 1920 (dealing with print spooler).

I have tried a couple fixes I found on an internet search but have not solved the problem.  My version of 10 is 1703.

Any help would be appreciated!  Randy

[kglad]

are you using the downloaded acrobat 8 from here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/activation-fails-cs3-acrobat-8.html

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

Don’t expect it to work fully or at all in Windows 10 though. Use on a supported system or get a new Acrobat.

[barirw]

Here is more to the story –

My previous computer is an HP with Windows 10 version 1709 and Adobe 8 Pro worked perfectly.

My OS crashed for some reason and I decided to update to a new computer instead of rebuilding the older machine.

I don’t recall having any install issues with my older machine so this is what is causing my confusion and frustration,

I appreciate your help and will appreciate any advice you offer!

Thanks,

Randy

[Test Screen Name]

Window 10 is being continually updated without warning, often breaking stuff. This is our new world, running old apps will soon be a distant memory.

[gregk71332441]

There is a patch that fixes the Flex licensing.  I do not remember where on Adobe's site I got, probably the same place I got all the Acrobat 8 incremental updates, but it is called licensing_service_patch.  As soon as that is installed Flex stops killing Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro