chemrox
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adobe reader annoyance
does anyone know offhand how to make adobe reader quit volunteering to "update (sic)" my computer?
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Switch to Acrobat Pro and let it update when it wants. Then you will merely be annoyed by requests to register! (just say later.)
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Have you tried deleting "Adobe Updater", or removing it from the "Adobe Utilities" folder?
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Or switch to Foxit Reader. Reads PDFs just fine, and seems to load them a lot faster than Acrobat Reader. No update requests either. Only downside I've seen is
that if you're using Firefox, it opens Foxit as an external reader, rather than opening PDFs inside the browser. But that's a trivial thing.
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I'm not sure if this is the same in Acrobat Reader (I have Acrobat Pro), but...
Go to Edit > Preferences. Look for an Updates option; from there, you can choose to disable the downloading of any updates.
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chemrox
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@Xenoid- I've been trying to find the file. Do you know if its an exe or a dll?
@Nitro- I'm intrigued, does it handle pdf graphics ok and is there a linux version?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chemrox
@Xenoid- I've been trying to find the file. Do you know if its an exe or a dll?
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Hmmmm... I've got a Mac, looks like you have something else
The file I am talking about is "Adobe Updater" it's an application. I guess on a Windows PC it would be an .exe file. I am thinking that even if you
removed it you would then get an error message saying "file not found".
Edit: I have Adobe Reader 8.0. If you select "Help" and click on "Check for updates..." It runs Adobe Updater you should get a splash screen which is
"Updater Preferences", untick the "Automatically check for Adobe updates".
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[Edited on 11-11-2007 by Xenoid]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chemrox
@Nitro- I'm intrigued, does it handle pdf graphics ok and is there a linux version? |
Yes to both. The Linux version can be found here. Sorry for the slow response; I've been on the road a lot lately.
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