Article: How to Deploy Adobe Reader XI (1. GPOThis method presents a way to install and customise Adobe Reader 1. XI) in combination with the Adobe Customisation Wizard and GPO. The main reason why I tend to use the Adobe Customisation wizard is the extra options you get with the GUI and the ADM/ADMX that Adobe provided only allows for Accepting the EULA and Suppressing the Splash Screen at first startup. If you follow these steps as the updates get released it will be easier later on as the .
First we need to create a few folders on our local computer as we will be running some CMD prompt commands. Therefore, it is easier installing on the root of C: C: \AIP (Our Administrative Install point)C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads (Where the original apps will go)C: \Adobe. Reader. Transform (The finalised server version)Secondly, we need to download the Adobe Customisation Wizard X. Download the Apps to “C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads”Adobe Customisation Wizard XI (6.
Acrobat uses Group Policy Software. Acrobat 9 Standard, or Adobe Reader. You install Acrobat software by using the assigned method of GPO deployment.
MB)http: //ardownload. Cust. Wiz. 11. 00. US. exe. Download and install (Don’t worry about this until later)Win. RAR (1. 4. MB) – wrar.
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- How to install adobe acrobat across your organisation via Group Policy. Most info is from online resources.
- The next version Adobe has just released the latest version Acrobat Reader XI. One of the new features of this version is that it now has official group policy.
Adbe. Rdr. Upd. 11. MB) - Adbe. Rdr. Sec. Upd. 11. 00. 2. msphttp: //ardownload. Adbe. Rdr. Sec. Upd. Download and install Win. RAR2. Download and install Adobe Customisation Wizard XI3.
If you have not signed up to the “Adobe Runtimes / Reader Distribution License Agreement” I suggest you do so, if you have the Admin Distribution Link skip to step 6. You can sign up here: http: //www.
Depending on what you have signed up for Adobe will then email you a link to download the administrative versions of Flash, Adobe Reader, Shockwave and AIR. Using the Distrubution link download the Adobe Reader Administrator Distribution package following the three steps presented on the website to ‘C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads’7. Under ‘C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads’, Right Click on ‘Adbe. Rdr. 11. 00. 2_en_US. Extract Here…’ with Win.
RAR8. After this has completed create ‘AIP. New – Text Document’ and change the name as well as the extention to ‘AIP.
Right Click on ‘AIP. Edit’. 1. 0. Add this into the file and then ‘File- Save’: msiexec /a C: \Adobe.
Reader. Downloads\Acro. Read. msimsiexec /a C: \AIP\Acro. Read. msi /p C: \Adobe.
Reader. Downloads\Adbe. Rdr. Upd. 11. 00. C: \AIP\Acro. Read. C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads\Adbe. Rdr. Sec. Upd. 11. 00. Close Notepad and run ‘AIP.
When the install dialogues prompt for a location, install to ‘C: \AIP’. This creates a administrative installer that allows slipstreaming of updates into the actual ‘Acro. Read. msi’ which you will have to create a new one each time a new patch is applied. Sadly, you do end up with having four folders and an .
It’s just how it is. Copy ‘setup. ini’ from ‘C: \Adobe. Reader. Downloads’ to ‘C: \AIP’ OR create a text file and save in ‘C: \AIP’ as ‘setup.
Startup]Require. OS=Windows 2. Require. MSI=3. 0. Require. IE=6. 0.
Product]msi=Acro. Read. msi[Windows 2. Platform. ID=2. Major. Version=5. Service.
Pack. Major=4[MSI Updater]Path=http: //ardownload. Windows. Installer- KB8. Install and run Adobe Customisation Wizard XI1. File – Copy Package. In the pop up dialogue> The existing source package is located at: ‘C: \AIP\Acro. Read. msi’> Specify a Name for your package I went with ‘Acro. Read’> Where it is to be copied to: C: \Adobe.
Reader. Transform. Click OK and wait for it to copy. Go through the Left hand panel enter in the personalisation you want whether you want to disable looking for updates, silent installation and suppressed rebooting, EULA e. Once done Click File – Save Package. This will have generated Acro.
Read. mst and updated your setup. Close the Customisation Wizard. You can come back to your package at any time by opening up ‘Acro. Read. msi’ under ‘C: \Adobe. Reader. Transform\your. Name. Of. Package\’ make your edits and save again.
Copy the ‘your. Name. Of. Package’ folder from C: \Acrobat. Transform\ to your server share. Open up Group Policy Management MMC2. Go to the Organisational Unit that you want to apply software to.
Right click on the OU and select ‘Create a GPO in this Domain, and link it here…’2. Write your GPO name. Software – Adobe Reader 1. Click OK2. 5. Right Click on GPO, Click Edit.
Drill down “Computer Configuration – Policies – Software Settings – Software Installations”2. Right click “Software Installations”2. Click ‘New – Package’2. Browse to your server share of ‘your.
Name. Of. Package’ Click Open. Select Deployment Method: Advanceda. Under General Tab - Change the name if you want tob. Under Deployment Tab – Change whether you want the application to uninstall off computers when you remove the GPOc. Under Upgrades Tab - You can choose GPO’s which this can upgrade over. For example older versions of Acrobat and also gives you the ability to either uninstall then install the new product or just do an upgrade. Click Modifications Tab.
Click Add…3. 3. Browse to your ‘your. Name. Of. Package’ folder on the server share and select your ‘your.
Name. Of. MST’ file. Click Open. 35. Click Ok. Exit out of Group Policy Management, restart the computers and enjoy! Microbrew mentioned if using SCCM 2.
Acro. Read. msi" TRANSFORMS=Acro. Read. mst /q" as the installation program command to apply the transformation.
Adobe adds Group Policy Administrative Templates to Adobe Acrobat and Reader DCAdobe managed to push out more than just updates to Adobe Flash Player, Shockwave Player, and Adobe Acrobat Reader recently. They managed to push out the Group Policy Administrative Templates for Reader DC and Acrobat DC last week. The templates for Group Policy are available for download from the Adobe FTP site: ftp: //ftp. Acrobat. 20. 15/misc/Acrobat. ADMTemplate. zipftp: //ftp. Acrobat. DC/misc/Reader. ADMTemplate. zip.
The templates allow general configuration for computer- based and user- based settings. The download includes the modern . You can easily copy the .
Central Store to allow simple editing of the policies from various computers. The settings provide centralized management to some simple settings in the General and Security Preferences. This includes accepting the EULA on behalf of your organization, disabling the start up splash screen, controlling updates, and more. The Group Policy templates add a little bit of convenience and centralized control to the end user experience. Unfortunately, they still fall short of being able to use Group Policy entirely over the Acrobat Customization Wizard.
In particular, I would be interested in settings that allow disabling the upsell service experience in Reader DC but no such luck. Still, it adds some centralized control over a few settings that may be of importance to your organization.