Installing Adobe Acrobat Pro On Terminal Server

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I had an outstanding job to update Adobe Reader 9 on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server.

Here are the steps I took.

1. Apply for a free Adobe Reader distribution license
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/distribution.html?readstep

This doesn't work for me as of 2019-08-03, this file given by adobe.com is readerdcukxainstall.exe which is 1.1MB and simply opens an 'Adobe Download Manager' which sits doing nothing; when I close the app a browser window is opened to the download page for downloading the app which sent me to that download page.

2. Download the setup file from Adobe
http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/
or from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/

3. Download Adobe Customization Wizard
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4950

Installing Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc

Ada would like to know some pricing on Adobe Acrobat Pro for their Terminal Servers. We need to know how the licensing works in a Terminal Server environment. They have 2 Terminal Servers with at least a dozen users per server. They currently have Acrobat 8 Professional which is not completely compatible with Office 2010. It is recommended to always change the server into Install Mode when installing applications to be used by multiple users in a Terminal Server environment. To do this, launch an elevated Command Prompt then type in change user /install.

  • Follow the prompts in Terminal, do that for each of the four lines for your Ubuntu version. Load PlayOnLinux (press Super, type PlayOnLinux, press Enter) Click 'Install' (in the toolbar) Type 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC' in the search bar. Click 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC'. Click 'Install' (bottom-right).
  • We currently have a terminal server environment and had to re-think Adobe last year, similar to your situation. When we renewed, I was able to set up user accounts through our Adobe page. Then each created user is able to log into Adobe Creative Cloud from their desktop.

4. Download the Acrobat Enterprise Administration Guide this will be a reference and explain all the options in detail
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709/attachments/Acrobat_Enterprise_Administration.pdf

5. Extract the redistribution package
Open a command prompt and type or paste the below (I saved the download to C:Adobe)
The command below will extract all the files to C:AdobeExtract
C:Adobe>AdbeRdr1014_en_US.exe -sfx_ne -sfx_o”C:AdobeExtract”

6. Make a AIP (Administrative Installation Point) what is an AIP? uncompressed setup files
msiexec /a AcroRead.msi

7. Patch the AIP with the latest update that came with the download package (in the Extract folder).
msiexec /a C:AdobeAIPAcroRead.msi /p C:AdobeExtractAdbeRdrUpd1014.msp

8. Install Adobe Customization Wizard
This will allow you to make a custom install MST file to control what settings your users have in Adobe Reader.

Note; setup.ini was not there when I made the AIP. You may need to modifying the extract folder msi then copy it.

9. Install with MST

Installing Adobe Acrobat Pro On Terminal Server Ip

Note; options /i = install /qb = Displays a basic user interface TRANSFORMS= custom settings MST file

Installing

E:AdobeExtract>msiexec /i AcroRead.msi TRANSFORMS=AcroRead.mst /qb

Adobe Acrobat Terminal Server Licensing

Note; Add double quotes if you have problems.

Install Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc On Terminal Server

E:AdobeExtract>msiexec /i AcroRead.msi TRANSFORMS=”AcroRead.mst” /qb

Hope it helps someone, let me know if you have any comments or fixes.