Security Updates Kill Distiller Custom Watched Folders & Font Locations

We are finding that the usual security and other updates for Acrobat Professional Version 7 and above are causing the Distiller to lose specific custom settings in Watched Folders and Font Locations. Does anyone else encounter these problems? If so, does Adobe know about this? It's quite inconvenient, especially if you have set up custom Distiller profiles for a number of systems.
JohnyB

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Updates kill Distiller custom settings in Watched Folders & Font Locations

We are finding that the usual security and other updates for Acrobat Professional Version 7 and above are causing the Distiller to lose specific custom settings in Watched Folders and Font Locations. Does anyone else encounter these problems? If so, does Adobe know about this? It's quite inconvenient, especially if you have set up custom Distiller profiles for 50 plus machines.
JohnyB

> If so, does Adobe know about this?
Ask Adobe.

Acrobat Security Updates kill Distiller Watched Folders and Font Locations

We are finding that the usual security and other updates for
Acrobat Professional Version 7 and above are causing the Distiller
to lose specific custom settings in Watched Folders and Font
Locations. Does anyone else encounter these problems? If so, does
Adobe know about this? It's quite inconvenient, especially if you
have set up custom Distiller profiles for 50 plus machines.
JohnyB

Hello JohnyBGud!
Thanks for your post, and for your feedback.
Your post is appreciated, but unfortunately not in the proper
place for the right people to listen!
I am not sure if the Acrobat team is aware of this, but would
suggest you place this post somewhere in the Acrobat forums, so
that the Acrobat team can view it.
These forums are specific to the
Acrobat.com website and its set of hosted services, and do
not cover the Acrobat family of desktop products.
Link to
the Acrobat Forums
Thanks!
Pete

Microsoft's Security Update kills iTunes if on a Domain Server!

Do You Use iTunes at work? Is your computer logged in to a Domain Server? Did you just update your computer with Microsoft’s latest Security Patch (as of 1/6/06)?
Then you might have a problem. I’m sure that Microsoft will probably figure out a way to fix this someday, but for now, iTunes will no longer function for you in this scenario. The problem is that iTunes needs to access your My Music Folder. If your domain server is set up like the one I use, then your My Music folder resides in you’re My Documents folder, which lives on a Domain Server, not on the computer in front of you. This was not a problem before this patch. Now, something that Microsoft’s security patch did has blocked iTunes from being able to access the folder on the Domain Server.
Now, if you were like me, you updated your Computer Friday with the new security patch and shut it down for the weekend to save out planet’s energy resources. Monday, you powered up your computer and started to work. At some point, you thought you might like to hear a tune. You clicked on the iTunes shortcut and BAM! You got a bad message:
No matter what you did, you could not launch iTunes. Don’t even try it, nothing will help, unless you follow the steps below. I should note that these steps were discovered by using Apple’s info at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302398. The problem with their steps is that you can’t even find you’re My Music folder with Tweak UI after the security update if it’s on a Domain Server.
This Discovery is attributed to one R. Crippen. His love for iTunes drove him away from his onus of real work so he could spend time breaking Microsoft’s attempted sabotage of iTunes.
Here we go.
1. Download and install Tweak UI from the Microsoft PowerToys website at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx Note: This utility is for Windows XP only.
2. Launch Tweak UI. In the column on the left, click on the plus symbol next to My Computer and select Special Folders. Look in the Folder list in the Right Pane. You will notice that My Music is not in the list. Close Tweak UI.
3. Open Add/Remove Programs and check the box for “Show Updates.” Find the latest Security Update in the list. Select it and click Remove. Reboot after the update is removed.
4. Create a new location where you would like the My Music folder to live. I made an iTunes folder at the root level of my C drive. Put it anywhere you like (not on the Domain Server).
5. Go to your My Documents folder. Copy the My Music folder to the new location you picked for it.
6. Launch Tweak UI. In the column on the left, click on the plus symbol next to My Computer and select Special Folders. Look in the Folder list in the Right Pane. You will notice that My Music is now in the list.
7. Select My Music in the drop-down list. Click the Change Locations button. Select the new location and click OK.
8. OK, now that Windows will be looking in a new location for the My Music folder, Launch iTunes. If everything went well, it works!
9. You’re not done yet. That Security patch was probably put out there for a reason. Update your computer and reinstall the latest security patch again. You can probably find the Windows Update link at the top of your Programs list.
10. Reboot the computer after the update.
11. Launch itunes
12. Everything works! You have an updated computer on the Domain Server and iTunes works again! Yay!
Stupid Microsoft!
Dell 9100 Windows XP Pro
Dell 9100 Windows XP Pro

I'm still keeping an eye out for more cases like the 2 I've seen myself. I need a bigger testing audience, but I don't think the circumstances are very common.
So, your work computer is on a Domain. Is your "My Documents" folder on your Domain Server or is it on your local computer? That's where the problem arises, when itunes can't access the "My Music" where the itunes folder lives.
Since my "My Music" folder in the My Documents folder was living on a server and not my local computer, something prevented iTunes from communicating with it. I know that the security update was the culprit, because once I uninstalled the update, iTunes worked again.
Hopefully, I can find more cases of the problem just to verify. I just hope that is anyone else runs into the issue, this will help them. If it's a real issue.
Dell 9100 Windows XP Pro
Dell 9100 Windows XP Pro

Latest Leopard Security Update Kills Photoshop 7?

Yesterday installed the latest security update on iBook G4. Today Photoshop 7.0 won't open, giving an error message that reads, +An unexpected and unrecoverable problem has occurred because of a program error. Photoshop will now exit+.
Coincidence? It never happened before the update installation. Reinstalled Photoshop...same result. Any ideas anyone? TIA

Apparently, there is a fundamental Leopard/Photoshop conflict, up to and including Photoshop CS2. Here's a thread at Adobe's site:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/[email protected]@
This is not a happy situation, and had I known, I would not have gone to Leopard. A message on the above thread indicates Adobe is aware of the problem, but no fixes are imminent.

How do I prevent Security Updates from overwriting (custom) PHP install?

Hi,
I've been forced into re-installing PHP from binaries after every Apple Security Update that upgrades PHP and I'm over it. Everytime Apple upgrades PHP, "their" compile overwrites mine and I lose my libraries. I have to completely wipe the Apple PHP install and re-compile. I've done this 3 or 4 times now in the past couple years...
Is there any way to force the Security Updates to retain the install of "my" libraries? What about the update installer(s)? Where are they?
12" PB 1.25 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

An Update shouldn't affect PHP, this is a server side language that is stored on the server for the implamintation of Dynamic Web Pages.
Self-referentially short for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, an open source, server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages.
In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C ) is enclosed within special PHP tags. Because PHP is embedded within tags, the author can jump between HTML and PHP (similar to ASP and Cold Fusion) instead of having to rely on heavy amounts of code to output HTML. And, because PHP is executed on the server, the client cannot view the PHP code.
PHP can perform any task that any CGI program can do, but its strength lies in its compatibility with many types of databases. Also, PHP can talk across networks using IMAP, SNMP, NNTP, POP3, or HTTP.
PHP was created sometime in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf. During mid 1997, PHP development entered the hands of other contributors. Two of them, Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans, rewrote the parser from scratch to create PHP version 3 (PHP3).
Don

Recent Security Update Kills Two Finger Scroll

I have been using the two finger scroll option on my Powerbook G4 for quite some time now. After the recent security update I was unable to use it any more. At first I thought it had just reset the settings but when I went to check the box again (under trackpad in settings). I found that the setting had vanished entirely. Does anyone have any idea why this has happened or of any work-arounds that I can use. It seems like another apple attempt at making it's older machines obsolete so that people will by the newer ones. Very frustrating to say the least.
Thanks

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Security update killed YouTube

I just installed the security update and blog posts with YouTube embeds are no longer showing the YouTube links. All that comes up is a blank space. This is happening both on Safari and on Firefox.
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Security updates killing a Lombard...

I am currently running 10.3.9 and the last two security updates have instantly caused the machine big issues. I've booted to single user mode and done the fsck -fy a few times and I'm not sure I can come up with the whole history. I think it said "the disk appears to be unrepairable" the first time and then I think "the disk has been altered" and a few more trips around this and Zapping the Pram and resetting open firmware reset-nvram after cmd-option-o-f. After a bunch of this type of stuff... the machine ran fine for 2 weeks until tonight and another "security update" I know... maybe I shouldn't EVER load Apple updates again here? This is old hardware so maybe buying a disk is a good idea... should I do a clean install first?
This is a 333MHz with 384M memory
Ah... while I was getting this info it went down again... This time it chopped into the screen with
System Failure: cpu=0; code=00000001 (Corrupt Stack) I forced quit and then did another fsck and got a Orphaned indirect node temp1522616 then it repaired successfully and booted fine.
There is a non-Apple wireless card in here and the logs seem to mention that last... Lots of stuff... not sure what to tackle first

Hi ZBurnett!
What size is the Hard Drive, and how much space is available?
Insufficient available space, can cause performance issues, system corruption, and possible loss of data.
Depending on Mac system usage habits, it is a general recommendation, to keep 10% to as much as 20%, of the Total capacity, available at all times.
Review the suggestions, in the documents that I have linked to below.
Authored by Dr Smoke:
Problems From Insufficient RAM And Free Hard Disk Space
Freeing Space On Your Mac OS X Startup Disk
Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System Maintenance, authored by Gulliver
Maintaining Mac OS X, authored by Dr Smoke
Is the Mac shutdown overnight, or does it run 24/7?
Have you ever run any routine Maintenance procedures?
If you turn the PowerBook off nightly, the Background Maintenance Tasks, are never run.
These can also be run, using a Third-Party utility, or manually using Terminal, to run the CRON Commands.
I use MacJanitor, when necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN CRON MANUAL COMMANDS
Quit all applications/programs.
Navigate to HD > Applications > Utilities.
Double click on Terminal, to open.
At the prompt, type:
sudo periodic daily
Press Return.
Enter your Admin password when prompted, then press Return.
This will execute the daily script that is sheduled to run every night.
When completed, repeat this procedure, but change the command to:
sudo periodic weekly
This one rebuilds a database or two, and usually takes somewhat longer to complete. It is scheduled to run once a week.
Repeat again, with command:
sudo periodic monthly
Or they can all be run in one pass, which is preferable, with this command:
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
When the tasks complete, and return to the prompt, you may quit Terminal.
Restart the Mac, and run Repair Permissions.
TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK
1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)
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Rerun RP, until the only messages reported, are listed here Spurious Permissions Errors Using: 10.3.x, authored by Michael Conniff.
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Security Update killed my mac??

Ok, I ran the update last night that was pushed down, which include a security update I believe. Afterwards, it took many times to get my Mac to even boot up and then Mail would not work, just kept closing and my sound for everything is gone.
I went thru the forums and resurrected my Mail, but my sound is still gone. I have tried all the basic stuff, like mute, power, check cords, etc.
Anyone run into this issue or just know how to fix it?
Please make my screen flash if you respond, since I won't hear you otherwise (gotta keep some humor right?)
Thanks in advance.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Thanks for the star
There's no harm in verifying the disk with Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities) or repairing permissions before doing the update, make sure you repair permissions after it though. Make sure you do the v1.1 Combo Update, here's the link:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410comboupdat ev11intel.html (presuming you're Intel)
What about System Preferences>Sound, anything in there that could be the problem?
Steve

Security update kills Squirrelmail?

Since installing the security update this AM I cannot read any mail in Squirrelmail on my server. I can log in, but read_body.php fails with a timeout. I suspect it is something in the mod_php module that is listed in the update.
Anyone else having this problem?
Mike

Looks like the newest security update contains a change that might fix the problem.
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Distiller X Pro won't save watched folders

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I just uninstalled Distiller 9 Pro on my computer and now I can save the watched folder list and the entire set of settings files load when starting Distiller X. The other computer I'm having this problem on is a new installation and has Distiller X Pro only. It must be a permissions issue.
Kent

When I try to watch any video clip I get this: The version of "Adobe Flash Player" on your system does not include the latest security updates and has been blocked. To continue using "Adobe Flash Player", download an updated version from Adobe's we

When I try to watch any video clip I get this:
The version of “Adobe Flash Player” on your system does not include the latest security updates and has been blocked. To continue using “Adobe Flash Player”, download an updated version from Adobe’s website.
I tried clicking on the Adobe Flash Player. It said it accepted it but it did not make a difference.
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Custom Report - Show Deployed, But Not Installed, Security Updates

I'm trying to create a custom report that will show all patches that have been deployed, but have not been installed for a particular collection. Any ideas?

Answered my own question.
This will pull all Security Updates that have been Deployed but are still Required (not installed) for the All Systems collection (SMS00001). You can directly modify the code to limit it to the All Servers or All Workstations depending on your site code. You
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CASE ((ui.IsDeployed))
When 0 Then 'No'
Else 'Yes' End as 'Deployed',
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When 2 Then 'Low'
When 6 Then 'Moderate'
When 8 Then 'Important'
When 10 Then 'Critical'
Else 'NA' End as 'Severity'
from v_UpdateComplianceStatus css
join v_UpdateInfo ui on ui.CI_ID=css.CI_ID
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join v_CICategories_All catall on catall.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo on catall.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo.CategoryTypeName='Company'
join v_CICategories_All catall2 on catall2.CI_ID=ui.CI_ID
join v_CategoryInfo catinfo2 on catall2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID = catinfo2.CategoryInstance_UniqueID and catinfo2.CategoryTypeName='UpdateClassification'
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and ccm.CollectionID='SMS00001'
and ui.isDeployed=1
and catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName='Security Updates'
and catinfo.CategoryInstanceName = 'Microsoft'
order by sys.Name0, ui.ArticleID
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sys.Name0,
ui.BulletinID as BulletinID,
ui.ArticleID as ArticleID,
ui.Title as Title,
catinfo.CategoryInstanceName as Vendor,
catinfo2.CategoryInstanceName as UpdateClassification,
CASE ((ui.IsDeployed))
When 0 Then 'No'
Else 'Yes' End as 'Deployed',
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When 2 Then 'Low'
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When 10 Then 'Critical'
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Distiller Watched Folders not working Acrobat 9.5.2, Mountain Lion.

I have just installed Acrobat 9.5.2 on a new Mac running Mountain Lion 10.8.2. Watched Folders don't work. When a .ps file is placed in the IN folder, it get processed by Distiller, but no PDF file is produced. The Distiller log window claims the PDF has been produced and placed in the Out folder, but it's not there. The .ps file is moved or deleted, depending on the setting.
PS files can be dropped onto Distiller in the normal way and PDF files are produced correctly, so it's not a problem with permissions. The problem persists in a new user account, so it's not a User pref issue.
Another Mac with the same setup works fine, so it's not a compatibility bug. I have seen only one other forum page with a similar issue, relating to Distiller 6, but it's not clear what the solution was.

Thanks for the thought. No, it's not permissions. As I say, Distiller can distill a file that is drag 'n' dropped on it from that location and it will save a PDF file to that folder.
The problem occurs even when the folders are within the user domain, where permissions should not be an issue. It also happens on folders that have full rwxrwxrwx attributes.
Watched folders work fine on another computer with the same setup, so it isn't any annoying sandboxing that is stopping everyone from doing anything -- as you say!

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