I've found the best way to deploy Acrobat via Group Policy, while keeping it up to date, is to create an administrative install using: msiexec /a AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS="AcroPro.mst" or if its… Read More

CLI script to deploy Acrobat Reader v8, without messing with MSI:s, MST:s and other things. Deployable over AD/GPO startup script. 1. Get the full 20MB installer by choosing to download for Wi… 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 Early Febuary 2007 I downloaded the… Read More

In order to disable the Beyond Reader function. Include the bDowntown=0 value in the policies registry key. Read More

You don't have to use Wise to modify the registry keys. The Adobe Customization Wizard 8 contains also a nice registy editor. Just choose "Destionation Computer". For all noods (like me): Afte… Read More

Adobe Reader 8 - Problem with installer discarding MST changes? We'd found the changes specified in MST's were being 'ignored' by the installer, whether they were made directly or through the … Read More

To remove all the features like auto updating, splash screen etc. Pretty much if you follow what migail said except before creating the .MST turn off the splash and what ever you want to turn o… Read More

Just thought I would add that the Adobe Reader 8 Integrated Browser and full client settings are in different. I.E. I was trying to set the Save As button to not show when previewed in the bro… Read More

I tried using the above posts for the removal of the Updater, but with Zenworks, I always errored out with a 1603 error using the MSI with a custom MST (it did install OK without removing Updat… Read More

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