Tool Time: Create PDF Files with PrimoPDF

That's useful information to know. I've been using PrimoPDF with Vista with no problems, but I'm a local admin so that's probably why.

It would be great if you could submit a short write-up about Bullzip PDF for the Tool Time column. All you need to do is include a short description of what it does, where to download it, and how to use its main features. If your write-up is selected for publication, it would get printed in the "Tool Time" column in the Reader to Reader" section of Windows IT Pro and you'd get $100. You can email the "Tool Time" write-up to kbemowski@windowsitpro.com or r2r@windowsitpro.com.

If you want to see other examples of "Tool Time" write-ups, check out "Tool Time: Test Connectivity to Remote Email Servers with TestMX" (http://windowsitpro.com/Windows/article/articleid/100732/100732.html) or "Tool Time: Copy Many Pathnames at Once With Path Copy" (http://windowsitpro.com/Windows/article/articleid/100962/100962.html).

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Karen Bemowski, senior editor
Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine

I'm assuming the author just took the fact that the Primo website says it works with Vista for granted.

Look at the forums and you will see this is not true. PrimoPDF was never written properly to deal with the user not being a local Admin (even under XP), so it fails to run properly with Vista. The company's suggestion is to turn off UAC. That might be acceptable for some people, but that seems like overkill when there are plenty of other free PDF creation tools that work reliably under Vista without compromising security.

I have been using Bullzip PDF with Vista and it works well. Primo is a great choice if you are a local Admin using XP, otherwise you should probably look elsewhere.