Let me reiterate this, Adobe reader will work for normal local users of the machine if it is a local profile. As soon as you make the user profile a roaming profile on the domain, this is when you get the issues. Jim Kenzig Blog: http://www.techblink.com On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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! > >