Roaming Computing System (Windows Edition) 3 - Adobe Reader

Customisation changes we make using the Adobe Customization Wizard:

• Installation option
• run installation - unatttended
• If reboot required after installation - surpress reboot
• EULA and document status
• surpress display of EULA
• Online and Acrobat.com features - Online features
• disable all updates
• in Abobe Reader - help - disable purchase adobe acrobat
• Disable product improvement program
• Display PDF in Browser - disable

Customisation made using TWEAK is now no longer necessary as either it has been incorpoarted in the MST (above) or Adobe have improved Reader 9 such that our customisations are no longer required (e.g. there's no splash screen and text select is there when you need it).

• Disable the end user licence agreement (EULA)
• Do not automatically check for critical updates
• Disable Fast Find
• Disable Show Messages and automatically update
• Hide Yahoo! Search the Internet toolbar

Additional configuration, to that which TWEAK does, for version 8:

• Beyond Adobe Reader splash screen - Do not show at startup - chosen - we do this through an MSI transform
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → File Toolbar → choose Save
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → Select & Zoom Toolbar - choose Select Tool

• Disable Adobe Reader Speed Launcher [Adobe Reader 7/8/9]
• Disable Adobe Reader Synchronizer [Adobe Reader 8]
• Adobe Reader 8.x per-user preferences (disables licence prompt, update checker, fast find and message bar; hides Yahoo! Search the Internet toolbar)

• Disable the end user licence agreement (EULA)
• Do not automatically check for critical updates
• Disable Fast Find
• Disable Show Messages and automatically update
• Hide Yahoo! Search the Internet toolbar

Additional configuration, to that which TWEAK does, for version 8:

• Beyond Adobe Reader splash screen - Do not show at startup - chosen - we do this through an MSI transform
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → File Toolbar → choose Save
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → Select & Zoom Toolbar - choose Select Tool

• Disable Adobe Reader Speed Launcher [Adobe Reader 7/8/9]
• Disable Adobe Reader Synchronizer [Adobe Reader 8]
• Adobe Reader 8.x per-user preferences (disables licence prompt, update checker, fast find and message bar; hides Yahoo! Search the Internet toolbar)

• Beyond Adobe Reader splash screen - Do not show at startup - chosen
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → remove start meeting
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → File Toolbar → choose Save
• Tools → Customize Toolbars → Select & Zoom Toolbar - choose Select Tool

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader

"Edit → Preferences →

• General → Automatically save document changes - off
• Page Display → CoolType - on

View-Toolbars →

• Rotate view - off
• Search the internet - off

Fire up Windows Explorer and do the following:

    * Navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\
    * Right-click to create a new subdirectory, and call it plugins_uninstalled
    * Move all the .api files from the plug_ins subdirectory to your new plugins_uninstalled subdirectory, 
    except for AcroForm.api (for form-filling) and EScript.api (dependency of AcroForm.api)."
- http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/12/22/330288.aspx
there's more in the comments too, including using JavaScript to change the interface.

"6. ... you can make even more performance improvements by moving unused Acrobat Reader plugins. 
To do this, go to your install directory, probably something like 
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader and just move the unnecessary plugins from the \plug_ins 
directory to the \Optional directory. To learn more about which plugins you may or may not need, you can 
check out Help->About Adobe Plug-Ins, and get a pretty good description of each one and what it does."
- http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007183.html

Reference: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/pdfs/acrruserguide.pdf

Check settings for toolbar if we want search etcetera on:

Disabling the EULA via registry setting: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

"Adobe updater works the same as with Reader 6.x -- I added the following three reg keys to prevent my standard users from being bothered with updates they cannot install:"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater]
"bShowInstCompDialog"=dword:00000000
"bShowNotifDialog"=dword:00000000
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000

To remove advertisements in the top right hand corner, enter the following registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bShowAdsAllow"=dword:00000000