Warning about the Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 update. If you have the Acrobat Authoring software installed on a machine and you update the Reader software to 8.1.2 and you select either "Make Acrobat… Read More

FWIW, below is my script for installation, mostly built from info from here (thank you everyone!), partly from unattended's CVS. The result: No EULA prompt ever, no TSR (or whatever it's called… Read More

Theses settings will remove Internet PrintMe, update and purchase options from the File menu [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\FeatureLockdown] "bEFIPrintMe"=dword:00000000… Read More

Acrobat Reader 8 with CA USD: You can deploy the Acrobat Reader without Orca or other Tools. Just start the setup.exe and wait until the first Window opens. Then copy the installation files ou… Read More

After some changes and testing, I have a basic batch file based script running over a Novell network. I am using a basic marker file system (.grp) to check for installation (or attempted instal… Read More

You can run your Adobe Reader customized package with out initiating it through setup.exe. Within your workspace or the path where you saved you application package, make sure you only have in… Read More

I created an ADM file for the following HKCU settings because we wanted to set the following: 1. Get rid of the splashscreen 2. Set the organization name 3. Change the connection speed to LAN … Read More

Bug in Adobe Reader 8.0 Package ------------------------------- Has anyone installed Adobe Reader 8.0 using the silent mode or the /sPB switch or maybe directly running the MSI with qb! switch… Read More

I have virtualized Adobe Acrobat 8 with Altiris SVS and have had no problems at all. The scope behind this was I needed 5.0.5 and 8.1 on the same installation, so both will coexist and work co… Read More

Thanx to Adrian above for giving the .cmd file used for a great install using the smaller .exe file. I've updated it to work with 8.1.0 plus added a few lines to remove the PDF online and remo… Read More

Using SMS to deploy. I used the Adobe Customization tool to create a transform (disabled updates, accept EULA, remove shortcuts from desktop), then modified the setup.ini to apply this transfo… Read More

The Adobe Customization Wizard * can perform most of these tasks. Some people have noted that running the msi created by the Customization Wizard does not apply apply the transforms they have c… Read More

To Change the location of the Updater, Edit "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdaterPrefs.dat" (This is some XML file) in NotePad, change the location mentione… Read More

How to get a multilingual Adobe Reader 8.1 installation: Firstly you want to get the Adobe Reader Enterprise Edition, not the consumer version. You can extract the compressed NOSSO contents t… Read More

Having just deployed the SVG 3.03 viewer with a lot of pain, using the Adobe Customization Wizard (for Adobe 8 PRO, STD and Reader) greatly simplified my tasks, so I would recommend it to anyon… Read More

To disable the "Send to FedEx Kinko's" function (Adobe Reader 8.1) include this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\FeatureLockdown] "bFedExInternetPrinting"=dword:… Read More

Seems something changed between 8 and 8.1 because setting the Updater feature to level 0 in the 8.1 installer (see FTP link below) throws an error in the install process. I don't think it's nec… Read More

Using Orca I modified the msi in the following ways. This could also be done with a transform. Property table: AgreeToLicense=Yes Disable license popup on first launch ENABLE_CACHE_FILES=No… Read More