Keep in mind that Joedown's reg edits to add toolbar items is only for the current user and does not apply to all users on a system. Read More

Another fix for the can't open pdf from the web error, Found that the removal of the "Reader_sl.exe" shortcut also caused this error. Read More

Resolution for error "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and try again." when trying to open a pdf in IE browser. This error can have 2 causes: - a… Read More

There is an error in the article provided by joedown on 12/20/2006. The registry keys bDontShowAtLaunch and bGoOnline belong to the component Registry_Main_System as indicated by the "2" in the… Read More

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;Author : Trevor Sullivan ;Date : January 9th, 2007 ;E-mail : Gmail/pcgeek86 ;Website : http://develnet.blogspot.com ;Purpose … Read More

Use this new location to lockdown the feature in reader 8 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\FeatureLockdown] "bUpdater"=dword:00000000 "bShowEbookMenu"=dword:000000… Read More

I tried out the new Adobe customization wizard. Basically it generates a transform that adds some new tables to the msi. Surprisingly it doesn't appear to change any properties of the origina… Read More

There is a new tool to customize Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8 Products: "Adobe Customization Wizard" http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3564 This tool supersedes the InstallShi… Read More

Thanks to everyone for the tips. Sure saves time. Notes: You can set the Feature Level to be 0 and that will disable that particular feature. (ie. Updater, AUM5, etc) To avoid the error durin… Read More

Acrobat reader 8 uses plug-ins to manage its features, so to disable Auto-update or any other feature, rename (either through direct MSI editing, transform or batch) the applicable plug-in loca… Read More

I used the following command line to perform an unattended install of AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe: AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe /sPB /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /norestart /log c:\acrobat8.log ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES… Read More

Here is how I disabled the updater; Load extracted MSI out of the exe In adminstudio select features under organization select "readerprogramfiles" and expand select "aum5" change install level… Read More

It is also possible to do a download of a "normal" XP SP2 installation and grab the files from the temp dir with a fake install (click cancel at the end of setup). You can also add the keys th… Read More

Thanks for the great information. In addition, we like to suppress the EULA that appears when reader is first launched. We added the following into the msi: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe… Read More

Here is *where* to disable automatic updates. I'm still working on the *how* (other than a logon script). Adobe seems to love to make my life miserable. C:\Documents and Settings\username\Loc… Read More

Adobe is using the netop stuff to compress their installs. Obtaining the full download isn't totally straightforward either. If you're on XP, select alternate download and get the Windows 200… Read More

Create the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\Downtown DWORD:bDontShowAtLaunch=1 DWORD:bGoOnline=0 These will suppress their new feature called beyon… Read More