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Update management for Adobe Acrobat Reader

Does anyone know of a good tool for managing updates to Acrobat Reader? I've just noticed that there is yet another security update, and I'd love to find something as good as WSUS to manage it. Do the third-party tools like Shavlik do the trick?
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Securing Acrobat Reader to mitigate viruses

Aside from patch updates, is there any way to mitigate the risks with adobe reader exploits? Frankly, I don't know how most reader exploits work. However, is there any functionality that I can disable in reader that will make it more safe from…
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How to convert a really big HTML file to PDF in Windows

We have a few really large HTML files (60-100 MB) that we cannot convert to PDF with any reliability. Adobe Acrobat 9 crashes - hits the 2GB limit for applications. Open Office converts, but removes some of the anchors (). ActivePDF webgrabber…
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Disable JavaScript in Acrobat Reader

Does anyone know where Acrobat Reader stores the setting to disable JavaScript? I'd like to centrally apply an update (through a policy, or a startup script, or a login script) on every machine on our network rather than sending everyone an email…
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How to "slipstream" Acrobat 10.1.1 into Acrobat 10 install point?

I want to roll out Acrobat 10.1.1. So, I want to "slipstream" 10.1.1 into my install point. I do not want to roll out 10 and then roll out 10.1.1 update. Any clues on how I can do this? Many thanks!
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Can GPO grey out (not disable) "Enable Javascript" option?

I understand GPO can be used to disable or enable "Enable Javascript" option in Acrobat Reader. However, is there a way we can grey it out so that user cannot fiddle with it? Thanks in advance.
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Server 2012 - Computer GPO, scoped to user group?

I'm having an issue with server 2012 and setting default file type for a subset of users. I currently have a file type association XML file placed into my Domain Controller's sysvol, and it's called by a computer GPO to open PDFs with Adobe Acrobat…
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Bulletproofing downloads of large PDFs against browser misconfiguration?

I have a site running apache whose main purpose in life is to serve up large (10-30 Mb) pdf files. I get emails fairly frequently from users saying that they're having problems downloading the files: "will start to download, but the download…
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Acroread Convert PDF File To PostScript Segmentation Fault

Our customer has a Linux server (Redhat), which runs Java web applications. Recently there is a requirement to submit PDF files to printers to be printed out. The command we are using is cat /path/to/pdf_file | acroread -toPostScript | lp…
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Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 for Solaris 8?

Has anyone got anything more recent than Acrobat 4 working on Solaris 8. I realize the OS is obsolete but we have un-ported software.
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Group Policy Preventing Adobe Save As PDF for Excel Documents

Summary A user tries to Save as PDF but results in a "Not Responding" excel document. User needs the Save as PDF option to save multiple worksheets from a workbook. The Excel Document uses Macros and Protected Sheets, but this doesn't impact other…
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Trying to find some really old versions of software

I am currently trying to track down some old versions of Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Reader XI and Java Runtime Environment so that a Windows 2012R2 server can run a piece of [redacted] application that the client must have. I have had a…
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Deploy Adobe Pro X GPO Issues

I am trying to deploy adobe pro x extended to clients machines. The deploy is working fine except when you launch Adobe, it asks to enter the serial number. I have used the adobe customization x wizard and generated the MSI and MST files and they…
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Acrobat 7 stalls downloading PDF from IIS 7

I have a large (6mb) PDF file which is static content on an IIS web site. If the web site is on IIS7 (windows server 2008 r2 64-bit) and the user is using Acrobat 7, the download stalls and acrobat hangs, sometimes with an error saying the file…
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Installing Adobe Reader DC (free) using PowerShell

I would like to automatically install the latest Acrobat Reader through a Powershell script but I cannot find any dircet link to download the installer and run it. At the Adobe homepage I can download it, but the form page doesn't return any link to…
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