Michael Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Hello all, Apologies is this is old news, but I've just noticed that Acrobat Reader DC includes an auto updater which cannot be disabled without the customisation wizard. Personally I think this is a good move as like Chrome, updates are performed silently in the background. The original build was: 15.007.20033 but now it reads 15.008.20082. Adobe just need to do the same for Flash without prompting the end user too!
FN-GM Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 FYI. If you disable it via the customisation wizard it doesn't actually work!
Michael Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 That's interesting - but to be honest, I don't consider this an issue. Adobe won't change the functionality of Acrobat Reader, only address bug/security fixes, so I see no reason not to let it auto update.
ITGURU Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Does the registry fix deployed by GPO not work for reader DC? I use it on older versions to stop the updater prompting end users to update, as they can't install it anyway.
FN-GM Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 so I see no reason not to let it auto update. It will be tanning the internet connection for people who have slower connection.
Michael Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 Being incremental updates (rather than full), I don't think it'll impact negatively. Adobe are still providing .msp files for those using the customisation wizard.
free780 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 DC also collects user data by default and sends back usage data back to adobe
disk Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Being incremental updates (rather than full), I don't think it'll impact negatively. Adobe are still providing .msp files for those using the customisation wizard. Except for computer labs that are using software solutions like Faronics Deep Freeze. They will just be downloading the updates over and over. That is why we disable auto-updates in software like Firefox. We control when to push the updates. No sense in wasting all that bandwidth day after day.
Duke5A Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Except for computer labs that are using software solutions like Faronics Deep Freeze. They will just be downloading the updates over and over. That is why we disable auto-updates in software like Firefox. We control when to push the updates. No sense in wasting all that bandwidth day after day. We use Deep Freeze as well, but even without it I never leave any of the auto updates enabled. Everything gets pushed via WSUS by means of Local Update Publisher.
ITGuyNW Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Can the preferences menu be locked down via the customisation wizard? I've discovered that students can access Internet Options and other various bits through there and would like to lock it if possible.
Geoff Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Except for computer labs that are using software solutions like Faronics Deep Freeze. They will just be downloading the updates over and over. That is why we disable auto-updates in software like Firefox. We control when to push the updates. No sense in wasting all that bandwidth day after day. Similar issue here on Citrix XenApp. However the failed update process actually causes Adobe DC to break entirely so I have to take the affected server out of the farm and build a new image.
sparkeh Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Adobe just need to do the same for Flash without prompting the end user too! For Win 8 and above Flash is embedded and updated via Windows Update, with Chrome it updates itself as well. We haven't seen a flash update nag message for a long time I think that the Reader updates are a good thing too, think I'll go down that route myself
sparkeh Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Out of interest, which track are people following: continuous or classic?
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