Adobe Reader 8: How to stop automatic updates

Today, I noticed that my system was trying to download 8.1.2.
I did not request a check for updates.
How do I disable the automatic downloading of updates?
I loke thru Edit | Preferences and did not find any options to do so.

Did you reboot?
I've never seen the Add/Remove programs list go away, that indicates a deeper problem.
After rebooting, do you see the Add/Remove programs list?
If not, open the Control Panel, right click and select refresh.
Does that fix things?
If not, I suggest posing this question in the microsoft.public.* newsgroup for your OS.

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How to stop automatic updates

I NEED Adobe reader, but I do not want any software to break into my computer and force itself on me.
I have had my preferences properly formatted for months ("do not download or install") but Adobe ignores the Preferences (both home and at work) and several times a day tries to update. I have gone through my registry and deleted Adobe auto everything and Adobe ARM. Still get update nags. I have gone through all my Temp files and deleted everything I can find, including several identical files!
I am tired of being interrupted by Reader wanting to download, plus I resent the program's rapacious behavior. How can I stop this? How can I teach Adobe that NO MEANS NO?
I'm sure there's something to be done that I haven't figured out. Please help me.
Thanks.

Here is what you also mentioned -
" I have gone through my registry and deleted Adobe auto everything .."
If setting is missing, the default is "Download and ask me to install", which is what you seems to get.
You need to set iCheck DWORD value in the registry below to 0 if you want to disable auto completely.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM on 64bit OS
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM on 32bit OS
Do not delete any files - it will not help, but can lead to unforeseen issues with the application.

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Hi, all! I just purchased a Lenovo Yoga 3 14. I'm in the process of setting it up (any suggestions welcome, but I've been reading through this forum and searching online for help) and have been unable to find an answer to the following question. The sales associate told me that any PC I purchased (which currently has Windows 8.1) will automatically update itself to Windows 10 on July 29th once connected to the internet. My problem is that I will be sitting for the bar exam at the end of the month with this laptop (ending on the 30th). The bar exam uses ExamSoft (by SofTest), which does not support Windows 10 (yet, not guaranteed to do so by the bar exam - and definitely not something I want to have to worry about). The exam software requires an internet connection to upload the exam, though it is not connected to the internet other than for the upload. I shut off Automatic Update (for now) and am hoping that if I do not connect to the internet for long (though I can't control how long and it may need to be connected for a long time to upload), it won't update. Does anyone know of a way that I can stop this automatic update? (When I updated my old laptop to Win8 and then 8.1, I was able to opt in to the update and run it when I chose, as well as go back to the former version if I didn't like the new. It seems odd to me that this is an automatic update without option.) Thanks in advance!

If I were in your situation, I'd leave it as is. As long as we will eventually have to approve the download and most likely agree to several prompts, I wouldn't bother going through the extra work of removing the reminder. Someone else might have another opinion, but that is what I'd do.
ElleLand wrote:
sorry, I'm not great with computers!).
No apologies are necessary. No one knows everything there is to know about computers. Feel free to visit our forums whenever you have a question. Good luck on the bar exam.

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