Recently I started getting an annoying popup prompt for my Adobe ID while opening PDFs. I don’t have one and don’t plan to get one – it is just useless to me at this point. Disclaimer: This worked for me with Adobe Acrobat Reader 11. Now I’m using Reader DC, but I’ve never got Adobe ID login prompt here and I don’t know why. Adobe Reader Protected mode generally will block you from printing or viewing PDFs that come in e-mails. On your own personal system this isn’t a big deal, you just go into “Preferences” and disable it under the security tab and go on with your day.
Jan 12, 2010
Currently, activating Adobe software has a limit on the number of deactivations that can occur. For all Adobe activating software (including Acrobat-based products), that deactivation limit is 20. Starting January 15th, the deactivation limit will no longer be enforced.
Deactivations are useful when installing the software on a new system. Adobe’s license agreements stipulate that the software can be installed on two different systems at any one time. Activation is intended to enforce this license agreement. When installing on a new system it is often necessary to remove the software from older systems. That removal is tracked by deactivating the software on the old system prior to removing it.
The deactivation limit has caused numerous problems and I’m very happy to see it go. As stated above, we should go live on the a new activation server implementation on January 15th that completely removes the deactivation limit. Although deactivation is still necessary (which causes some other problems), there should no longer be any limit to the number of deactivations.
In email discussions with a couple of readers I mentioned that this implementation may go live as late as March. I’m happy to say that we were able to certify and post it earlier.
Note that this affects software as far back as Adobe Creative Suite 3 and Acrobat 8.
Update: Per one of the comments, here’s a URL for getting help from adobe.com
Contacts at adobe.com for support.
There are a lot of plug-ins (I mean not a browser plugin to view pdfs, but plugins of reader itself, e.g. for internet access, commenting a pdf, javascript in pdf, 3d in pdf and so on) pre installed with 'Adobe Reader X', almost 25. Some of them are annoying, some of them are unsafe to be enabled (e.g. Adobe Multimedia plug-ins allows PDF files to use built-in Flash, which is usually outdated and vulnerable in any version; ECMAScript may be vulnerable; Comments are annoying and never-will-use-it for me).
I want to completely turn off some of Adobe Reader X plug-ins. Also, it would be perfect if this setting will be saved in case of Adobe Reader update with newer version.
PS Adobe Reader X = Adobe reader 10 (more exactly version 10.1); OS is Windows (any supported by AR X version)
Hennes1 Answer
Actually, an answer (Googled in 20 seconds):
Manage plug-ins
How To Disable Adobe Protected Mode For All Users
Plug-ins add more functionality, but they also increase the memory needed and security risks. To minimize memory requirements, you may want to install only the plug-ins that you use. To load a plug-in correctly, you must place it in the plug-ins folder. You can temporarily disable plug-ins when starting your software.
Disable a plug-in
Do one of the following:
- (Windows) Open the plug_ins folder (Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 9.0Acrobatplug_ins).
- (Mac OS) Control-click the application icon, and choose Show Package Contents. Then double-click the Contents folder and open the Plug-ins folder.
- (UNIX) Move the plug-in out of [location of install]/Adobe/Reader9.0/Reader/plug_ins.
- Select the plug-ins you do not want to load, and move them out of the folder. Some of the plug-ins may be in folders nested inside the plug-ins folder.
Disable all plug-ins temporarily
- Press the Shift key immediately after starting Acrobat.