Tia B. McMahon wrote:
> How do I stop Adobe Acrobat from phoning home upon startup?
>
> When I open any PDF document, my Windows firewall says
> - ACROBAT.EXE, Process ID: 1111
> - (Adobe Acrobat 7.0, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Ver. 7.0.0.1333)
> - Attempting network activity.
> - Do you want to trust acrobat.exe?
> To which I always say no.
>
> I've checked all the settings and can't figure out how to stop Adobe
> Acrobat 7.0 Standard from phoning home, particularly:
> - edit > preferences > updates
> - do not automatically check for critical updates
>
> How do I stop Adobe Acrobat 7 from constantly phoning home?

There should be a setting in preferences. I'll look for it today when I
get to work.

If not, though, you can download this:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../AutoRuns.mspx

or this:

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

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