HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AdobeViewer "EULA"=dword:00000001 "Launched"=dword:00000001 Accepts the EULA Without the above, the application will still prompt for the EU… Read More

To download the Acrobat Reader 9 install file without the Adobe Air or the Acrobat.com installers use the following ftp site. ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu/ Download Ad… Read More

Silent Install Run Parameters: /sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart Read More

The url to download Adobe Reader 9 is: ftp://ftp.adobe.com//pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu/AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe This is the version with no adobe.com or Air. --- After you download it,… Read More

I have found the easiest way to deploy Adobe Reader, Acrobat Pro and standard is to use the Adobe Customization Wizard. This will create an mst with numerous options available to customize the… Read More

For Reader 9 9.0.0 I used the following... Run Parameters: /sAll /rs Read More

The following command will install Adobe Reader 9 silently, suppressing the restart, accepting the end user license agreement and lastly it suppresses the launch of adobe reader 9 once complete… Read More

Extracting the MSI Expand the Nosso-compressed package Expand the Nosso-compressed file using the following from either the Run dialog or DOS command window: <path to>\AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe… Read More

To disable the "Collaborate" feature which has a bunch of links to Adobe.Com, add the following key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Workflows] "bEnableAcrobatHS"=dword:00000000 Read More

The Adobe Reader 9 installation process does not uninstall Adobe Reader 7.x or 8.x, so you will have to handle this yourself. Read More

During uninstallation, Adobe Reader 9.0.0 doesn't remove shortcuts from the Desktop or the Recent Applications list on the Start Menu, so you'll have to do this manually. Read More

The following is an ADMX for managing settings from Windows Server 2008. The second section is the ADML (en-US). ADMX files are the Administrative Templates for Group Policy on Server 2008 and… Read More

A lot of the settings for this are common across older versions of Acrobat Reader. Property Table: EULA_ACCEPT=YES (This disables the EULA dialog) SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES (this keeps it from … Read More

To extract the MSI file from the exe use the following from the directory where the exe resides: AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe -nos_ne This will extract the msi and cab files to the following location:… Read More

Typing: "AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe /?" displays the following: /sAll Silent Mode for product /sPB Silent Mode with Progress Bar for product /rs Reboot Suppress /rps Reboot Prompt Suppress /ini "PATH… Read More

To deploy the installation of Adobe Reader 8.1.2, first, I uninstall all Adobe Acrobat Reader versions using this VBS which I took from http://sms-hints-tricks.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2… Read More

Normal MSI Installation, nothing special! Modify only "EULA_ACCEPT" to "YES"! That's it ;-) Read More