On Jul 27, 10:03 am, "David Wright Sr." <dwrigh...@alltel.net> wrote:
> xp_new...@yahoo.com wrote in news:1185542339.258395.115860
> @r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > The so called "Free" Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 attempts to check for
> > updates everytime I invoke it. My firewall blocks it, but it's so
> > annoying to get this message displayed again and again.
>
> > I checked all the Edit | Preferences but couldn't find any way to
> > disable checking for updates. Is Adobe so dumb? or are we, the people
> > who agree to use such crap are the dumb?
>
> > If anyone knows how to disable Adobe Acrobat Updates please post it
> > here.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
>
> Click on Help and then Check for updates. When on the notification screen
> for the updates, there should be a screen with a clickable link on the left
> called 'Preferences'. Click on this and uncheck the adobe reader box. You
> will have to do your own update checking thereafter.
>
> David Wright Sr.

Thank you so much David & Dan. So I understand that I have to check
for update at least once in order to disable it? LOL - the sneakiness
of those corporations is just amazing. No shame anymore, neither pride
in respectfully treating your user base.

As for Foxit - thanks about the link - I didn't know about it. Are you
sure it is 100% compatible with all PDF documents out there?

Thank you again, guys.

Alex