Disable document check in/check out

Hello,
I've seen similar questions on this forum, but none were my problems. I don't my document libraries to allow users to check-out files. I've gone to the document library settings>versioning settings and set "No versioning" and "no"
for "require documents to be checked out before they can be edited.
However, some how, documents are still being checked out. I don't want this to happen. How do I prevent any file in any document library from being checked out?
Please, don't post me any links to another site, they aren't helpful after going through the other forum posts related to this problem.
Thanks!
Dan

this is what not controlled by SharePoint but you can try to disable the checkout from Adobe.
here is fix from MSFT suggest to this guy
http://www.alpineinteractive.co.uk/blog/2013/2/20/sharepoint-check-in-check-out
this blog explain in more detail...
http://brian-horning.com/sharepoint-check-in-out-prompt-for-pdf-files/
here Information from Adobe.
https://blogs.adobe.com/pdfitmatters/2011/06/whats-new-in-acrobat-x-version-10-1.html
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Hi ,
Need help in resolving following issue.
I have a document in document library and i do have all permissions on the document library. I am facing an issue with following sequence of steps.
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Hi KRISHNA,
Please try to move out the particular file from the SharePoint Drafts folder, then check in the file again.
And make sure you are not using a system admin account or other account that does not match the local user account.
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/PrefRef/Windows/FeatureLockdown.html#idk eyname_1_6751
bDisableSharePointFeatures
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Data type
boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default
null
Version #
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Details
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