Need to disable adobe updater in reader 10

We deploy adobe reader using the MSI in Group Policy. We just pushed out Reader X. We also push out updates the same way
as our users do not have admin rights. We need to disable automatic updating and checking for updates. The Customization Wizzard is not available for Reader X yet and the adm file we have for 9 does not seem to work on X. Anyone have a solution?

Can you simply set registry using your deployment tools?
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3299249#3299249

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The following registry key only works in 6.*/7.*
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Updater]
"bShowInstCompDialog"=dword:00000000
"bShowNotifDialog"=dword:00000000
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater]
"bShowInstCompDialog"=dword:00000000
"bShowNotifDialog"=dword:00000000
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000
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I don't know where that preference item is stored. But if it's in the registry, I would do the following if I were in your situation.
*export the entire registry
*set the no-update preference, according to Aaron's suggestion
*export the entire registry again (to a different name)
*compare the two files (e.g. with windiff); that should show you what's changed in the registry

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Hi Jared,
Please let us know what product (with version) you have installer.
You can also follow the article: Disable auto-updates | Application Manager | IT administrators which will help you to disable the updates for all Adobe Products.
Let us know if that's what you were looking for.
Thanks,
Ratandeep Arora

I have tried EVERYTHING to disable Adobe Updater.

I have a Windows Vista HP laptop. I don't know when Adobe Updater first started being there, what it came with, but it is there, and it does its thing with every startup. First I just went into its own preferences (where after it's done "searching for updates," you can either hit Quit or Preferences) and told it to only do this once a month (the longest amount of time it offers). And that didn't do anything. So then I went into the control panel and into programs, then change startup programs. From there I found Adobe Updater and clicked "remove." I restarted, it was still there. I did the same thing and hit "disable," restarted, it was still there. I went back and did BOTH, restarted, it was still there. I then went to my system configuration and unchecked Adobe Updater, hit apply, hit OK, said yes to the request to restart, and it was STILL THERE. I did these things over and over again for twenty minutes.
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Hi,
I had the same problem.
try this:
1. For PC Operating Systems1
Open "My Computer" by double-clicking on the desktop icon or clicking on the "Start" menu and selecting the "My Computer" button. Open the drive that contains your Adobe programs. By default, this is the "C" drive.
2
Double-click on "Program Files" to view software files installed on your computer. Open the "Common Files" folder by double-clicking on the folder name.
3
Locate the Adobe folder and double-click on it to open it. The Adobe folder contains files for all Adobe programs installed on your system. Locate and open the Adobe Updater folder, which will be named "Updater" followed by a version number, such as 5 or 6.
4
Locate the executable file titled "Adobe Updater" within the "Updater" folder. Double-click the file to initiate the Adobe Updater application. The program will take a few moments to connect to the Internet to search for updates.
5
After it finishes searching, a prompt window will appear to install new updates. Click "Preferences" on the left-hand side and uncheck the "Automatically check for Adobe updates" box. Click "OK" to accept the changes. Adobe Updater will not check for available updates unless manually instructed to do so.
2. For Mac Operating Systems1
Double-click on your hard drive's icon on the desktop and select the "Applications" folder from the "Places" menu on the left-hand side. You can also open the "Applications" folder by selecting the folder from the "Go" drop-down menu in the "Finder" menu.
2
Scroll through your application icons in the right-hand side of the window to locate the "Utilities" icon. Double-click on this icon to open the "Utilities" folder. Locate and open the "Adobe Utilities" folder.
3
Run the "Adobe Updater" application. After the program finishes searching for updates, select the "Preferences" button. Deselect the program's "Automatically check for Adobe updates" box and click "OK." Adobe Updater will now be disabled; any updates to Adobe software will need to be downloaded and installed manually.

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Back up all data before making any changes. Please take each of the following steps until the problem is resolved.
Step 1
If Adobe Reader or Acrobat is installed, and the problem is just that you can't print or save PDF's displayed in Safari, you may be able to do so by moving the cursor to the the bottom edge of the page, somewhere near the middle. A black toolbar should appear under the cursor. Click the printer or disk icon.
Step 2
There should be a setting in its preferences of the Adobe application such as Display PDF in Browser. I don't use those applications myself, so I can't be more precise. Deselect that setting, if it's selected.
Step 3
If you get a message such as ""Adobe Reader blocked for this website," then from the Safari menu bar, select
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and check the box marked
          Allow Plug-ins
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          Manage Website Settings...
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Step 4
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
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The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it, if it's present. The same goes for a plugin called "iGetter," and perhaps others—I don't have a complete list. Don't remove Silverlight if you use the "Netflix" video-streaming service.
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Hi,
Then you should get the Adobe Update Manager:
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Can you provide a link to what you're reading? It should be the admin guide here: http://www.adobe.com/go/acroadminguide
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Art

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http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=Windows&product=158
If you need the update for the same .You can refer to the following link.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4462
Have a look at both of them and see whichever suits your requirement.
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Adobe Updater overloads data line while updating from Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 to 8.1.3

Hello
I'm from germany but I'm doing my best to get you understanding me.
I'm experiencing some problems updating Adobe Reader from version 8.1.2 to 8.1.3 in our company. Our users have no administrative rights on their PCs and therefore are not able to install any update manually. That's why I want to use the Adobe Updater.
We're also using a proxy which doesn't allow our users to download any *.exe files. I configured Adobe Updater to search for Adobe Reader updates once a month.
But then from time to time our data line was fully overloaded. When I checked the logfiles of our proxy I mentioned that Adobe Updater tried to reach ardownload.adobe.com for more than 1500 times in only 3 hours from only 1 PC. This means that nearly every 7 seconds ardownload.adobe.com has been contacted by one PC. When I deactivated Adobe Updater the problem was solved. So it seems to me, that Adobe Updater is the reason why our data line get's more and more loaded by this update function.
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The latest release of the Adobe Updater has fixes for networking with proxy servers. If you aren't running the latest (because it can't connect), you can manually download and then install the Adobe Updater for Reader & Acrobat 8 from the URLs below.
>Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4103
>Mac: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4104
There are similar fixes in the latest Adobe Updater for CS4 and Acrobat & Reader 9, downloadable from:
>Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4231
>Mac: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4232
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The Adobe acrobat updates are F@@@#d up. The computer gets frequent updates seems like every week. then the update box comes up like every hour, then when you do update it you have to stop everything and restart your computer which on older computers can take a lot of time.
I was in a computer class and every freaking computer had ADobe pop ups.Are you that desperate?? Seriously, Adobe is a good product but its not all that.

Hi,
Adobe recommends that you install the latest updates to take advantage of improved functionality and to safeguard your system against malicious attacks through PDFs. However, you can disable updates or choose to manually install them if you prefer not to have them installed automatically. The settings vary depending on the application version.
You can follow the steps mentioned in the following document to disable the prompts for updates for Acrobat :
http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-automatic-updates-acrobat-reader.html
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Ravi.

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