I am using PDFCreator 1.2.1 on Windows7. I was shocked to discover that the security settings for Disallowing users to copy/modify/comments/etc do not have any effect! I have been happily sending "protected" documents to people without realizing that the security is not working!
Note for the sceptics: I am using an owner password to protect the document and digital signatures to sign it. I opened the document in PDFXchange Viewer 2.0 as well as Adobe Acrobat 9.0. The document properties shows everything is allowed! And I could actually modify the document using PDFXViewer.
Lol, I figured out the BUG. The security settings fail if you also use the Signing option! I was using the security options as well as signing the document with my digital signatures. The moment I removed the signing, the security settings started working. Obviously a bug. I hope someone from PDFCreator is reading this and wil correct this bug soon.
Im creating a pdf with "use secutrity" checked and "sign pdf file" unchecked yet the security options like printing, copying, are not working. I am using PDFCreator-1_2_1_setup on XP.