Adobe Reader MSI Release

I am new to trying to roll out Adobe Reader by Group Policy and MSI's and am having trouble creating a new MSI from 11 and the AdbeRdrUpd11009 MSP. I have read many websites on creating the MSI which I have followed and I think I have created it correctly, but does anyone know if Adobe publish a prebuilt MSI for the latest version of the patch or update that I can use ?
Thanks for your help

The versioning policy and update path is well documented in the admin guide: Latest MSI + latest Q + latest OOC patch. Deployments must chain these in the right order to succeed. Since the most common workflow for admins is to install the base MSI and then update as dot releases appear, that's the team's focus. Quarterlies are made cumulative to the last MSI to simplify updates.
However, a full MSI is occasionally released. Those are identified by the second number being incremented. For 11.x, there is no 11.1 yet.
Why don't you look at a bootstrapper deployment?:
Tutorial: Building a Bootstrapper for Acrobat 11.0.1 | Acrobat IT Tips | Adobe TV
Doc: 10 Bootstrapper Deployment — Enterprise Administration Guide
hth,
Ben

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There are no MSI installers for minor releases, only MSP patches (and EXE installers).
11.0.1: http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.01/misc/AdbeRdrUpd11001.msp
11.0.2: http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.02/misc/AdbeRdrUpd11002.msp
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Having problems updating Adobe Reader MSI from 10.1.0 to 10.1.4

Hello,
I have read online that you can slipstream the adobe update into the original 10.1.0 installer. Here is what I have tried.
I have downloaded the original 10.1.0 MSI file and ran msiexec /a C:\Adobe\Downloads\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi, which during the admin install, I have installed it into C:\Adobe\AIP
I then run msiexec /a C:\Adobe\AIP\AcroRead.msi /p C:\Adobe\Downloads\AdbeRdrUpd1014.msp, and get the following error message:
This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.
If I double click on the MSP file in Windows Explorer, it opens it up and wants to update adobe reader, however I can not get this to work.
Any assistance is appreciated, I don't know what I am doing wrong, tried on two different systems one 32bit and 64bit.
Craig.

When I say deploy I mean deploy to all my PC's in my domain (350+) via AD.
What I normally do is:
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2. Emulate a Network install of the .msi package by running the following command:
msiexec /a E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\Extraction\AdbeRdr1014_en_US\AcroRead.msi
3. Emulate a Network install of the .msi packing and apply the update by running the following command:
msiexec /a E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\1014wUpdate\AcroRead.msi /p E:\AdobeRdr\1014_original\Extraction\AdbeRdr1014_en_US\AdbeRdrUpd1014.msp
4. Use the Adobe customisation tool to create a custom .mst file
5. Copy the extracted folders, .msi, .mst and setup.ini to the \\SHARE
Is there a better way of doing this?
What it looks like to me is Adobe have not updated the product code on the install files, so when I install the .msi it sees the existing one matches the update and generates the error.
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I just deployed the latest adobe reader MSI patch through group policy, but in this patch, the tools pane is opened automatically. Most of my users don't use it, much less know how to close it. The problem is that there is no typical "close", "x" or ">>" icon, so users are unaware that they can close it. Even I had to think a moment on how to actually close it (by clicking the "tools" button").
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I don't know DeepFreeze, but I imagine it's something that restores a clean disk image at regular intervals.
I also imagine that this DeepFreeze image is renewed when OS or software updates are installed. I suggest that you change the options you mentioned ("Let printer determine colors", "Don't show this message again") after a security update to Adobe Reader is released later this week. Let these changes go into the new DeepFreeze image, and you should be fine.

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It might be worth seing if this version of Adobe Reader LE released for Anna installs:http://dl.nokia.com/sdo/Adobe.sis and also http://dl.nokia.com/sdo/Quick_Office.sis
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I followed the instructions from:
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Please download the latest Adobe Reader patch from the below mentioned location, it will work with MUI installer.
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Is there Full Version MSI installer package for the last version of Adobe Reader?

Is there Full Version MSI installer package for the last version of Adobe Reader?
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