[VISTA] Re: Watch out with ADOBE ACROBAT READER 9 and Vista user roaming profiles

  • From: "Jim Kenzig" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: vista@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:23:32 -0400

Nonadmins!  Adobe reader 9 only runs for admins,  it appears to do it on the
paid version of acrobat also.
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com


On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Beckett, William (Bill) <
WBECKETT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Applies to roaming profiles only?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vista-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vista-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:02 AM
> To: THIN; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; vista@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [VISTA] Watch out with ADOBE ACROBAT READER 9 and Vista user
> roaming profiles
>
> I'm putting this out there everywhere I have a presence in hopes that
> Adobe
> will get off it's butt and fix this problem. If you install Adobe 9
> acrobat
> reader on Windows Vista on a domain and use roaming profiles for users,
> be
> it mandatory or not, Acrobat Reader crashes and will not run.  It gives
> errors in modules annots.api and also msvc80.dll.
> As soon as you give the user admin priveleges the program will run.
> I've
> tried turning off UAC, still broke, I've tried running adobe reader in
> compatibility mode, still broke, I've tried running adobe as
> administrator
> settings still broke. I've tried changing access on adobe folders to
> give
> users full control, still broke.  Giving a user administrator priveleges
> is
> NOT an acceptable solution.
>
> I am not the only one having this issue there are posts all over the
> internet including the below samples IN the adobe forums.
> http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5db5d
> http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5ea2a
> http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5c646
>
> Don't install Adobe Acrobat 9 in a vista domain unless you want some
> super
> headaches!
>
> Jim Kenzig
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
>
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