Adobe Reader XI Document Restrictions Summary

I am attempting to configure Adobe Reader XI for Enterprise Deployment. Our current version of Reader (9.5.1) has the following Document Restriction settings for every document that is opened with Reader:
In version XI, those three options are all set to Allowed. In our environment, it is unacceptable to have these marked as Allowed per requirements.
Can someone please assist me with a method by which we can configure Adobe Reader to mark these settings as Not Allowed for all documents opened with Adobe Reader?

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I have a number of PDFs that have user permissions. When the files are opened in Adobe Reader the document's restriction summary lists differ and the form cannot be used as intended.
Example Open PDF Properties /Document Protection/ Security/ Show Details                                                    Properties/ Document Restriction/Security/Summary (I have changed
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Doc. Open Password         NO
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Printing High Resolution     YES ......................................................................................... .....................................................YES
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Commenting                     ALLOWED.......................................................................................... ............................................NOT ALLOWED
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Document Assembly         ALLOWED............................................................................................ ..........................................NOT ALLOWED
Content Copying                NOT ALLOWED.................................................................................. ............................................NOT ALLOWED
Accessibility                      ENABLED.................................................................................. ....................................................YES (Content copy for Accessibility)
Page Extraction                 NOT ALLOWED.................................................................................. ............................................NOT ALLOWED
Template                           NOT SPECIFIED................................................................................ .............................................NOT ALLOWED.
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Yes, thats right. I used Open Office 3 to generate the pdf. I have also tried using pdftk and Adobe Distiller 5 with the same result.
Your statement implies, the 'Adobe Reader' features cannot be fully utilized without a valid Adobe Acrobat Pro.
This is a document to which I have the source. I have been able to create the pdf with the required set of permissions based on standards. But I am being hassled because I didn't generate it with Adobe Pro! Well, I suppose this must have been a business decision, but its one thats standards contrary and morally low!
Adobe just lost an avid Reader user. I shall circulate my findings within my work and social circles. Thanks to competition and open source, I am sure to find a standards compliant reader without much delay.
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This results in the inability to use highlighting/commenting tools of Adobe Acrobat Reader (ver. 7 and 8).
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Yes, thats right. I used Open Office 3 to generate the pdf. I have also tried using pdftk and Adobe Distiller 5 with the same result.
Your statement implies, the 'Adobe Reader' features cannot be fully utilized without a valid Adobe Acrobat Pro.
This is a document to which I have the source. I have been able to create the pdf with the required set of permissions based on standards. But I am being hassled because I didn't generate it with Adobe Pro! Well, I suppose this must have been a business decision, but its one thats standards contrary and morally low!
Adobe just lost an avid Reader user. I shall circulate my findings within my work and social circles. Thanks to competition and open source, I am sure to find a standards compliant reader without much delay.
Thanks for your help - graffiti
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Document Restrictions Summary

Dear all,
Are there anyone wanna help me, how to change "File properties" in Document Restrictions Summary :
1) Content Copying from Allowed to Not allowed and,
2) Content Copying for Accessibility from Allowed to Not allowed ?
Thank you for helping me in that case.
Warm regard,
Serwin

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