Adobe Reader X - Disable Comments feature

hi all,
is it possible to disable the Comments feature in Adobe Reader X?
if so, how would i go about doing this?
i'm using Adobe Customization Wizard to deploy Reader X but cannot see anywhere which lets you disable the Comments functionality.
thanks in advance.
jay.

Try this forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_enterprise_install

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We'll, you've educated yourself well. Unfortunately, Acrobat products can't control what browsers do so uniform behavior is not possible. The setting is Adobe's best attempt and forcing some consistency.
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If the typewriter tools is enabled, it seems that the document (including forms) can save the annotations made.
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