Comments on: Install Adobe Reader 9.1.1 across the network

By: admin

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:31:04 +0000

Welcome to IT. With Adobe, nothing is that simple.

By: Jeff Alan

Jeff Alan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:29:06 +0000

This is insane. Why doesn’t Adobe just release a true silent and full install like most everyone else does and make all of this crap not necessary. It doesn’t have to be made this involved.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:47 +0000

I was referring to the file, setup.ini, that needs to exist for the Customization wizard, not the MSI file.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:57:33 +0000

Modify the MSI in the network location. Everything is in the order of the steps I took. This is for silent installation, etc.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:49:54 +0000

Here’s what I did so far
1)Downloaded AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe and extracted it to a local drive (InstallFiles)
2)Performed the administrative extraction (msiexec /a) to a network drive
3)Applied the update (msiexec /p) to the network drive’s msi file (updated to 9.1.3)

Here’s where I’m confused, which MSI file should I be running the Adobe Customize Wizard against, the one in InstallFile (orginal extraction without MSP update) or the one on the Network drive (with latest MSP update)?

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:29:31 +0000

I’m trying to push Adobe via SMS 2003. I’ve tied falling these steps but I’m a little confused. At the end, after we do the Adobe customize wizard, you say copy the msi file from the installfiles directory up to a network location, then copy the msp from the updater we created. At what step did we create the updater? Also, what was the purpose of performing an administrative extraction to a network install if we’re using the orginal from the adberdr910_en_us.exe file? I’m just curious because I can’t get mine to work, so far, so I’m back at creating the custom install again….Thanks

By: Nori

Nori — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:45:08 +0000

@ Dave:
I had the same problem. I fixed it by downloading instedit from http://www.instedit.com and used it to drop rows from the tables. it worked like a charm.

@Admin
Thank you for your help.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:37:23 +0000

OK..I got it worked out for the most part.
this is basically what I did:
1)extracted the EXE to a local directory (INSTALLFILES)
2)extracted that MSI (in INSTALLFILES) to the Network Location
3)Created a Custom Installer using the (INSTALLFILES) and copied the setup.* files to the Network Location.
4)Ran the *.msp files (up to 9.1.3) against the Network Location

However, I still get errors when using the Setup.exe to install silently on clients. (“Missing Components”)
The AcroRead.msi works fine…So Im back to recreating the Custom Installer and patching it again.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:26:51 +0000

Sorry about any incorrect syntax. It’s been a while since I’ve done this, so I would have to go through the steps to see where the error is.

Integrate the msp file after extracting to the network location. Steps should be in order. Please let me know if you still have issues.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:43:41 +0000

Please clarify:
Do you integrate the *.msp files into the AcroRead.msi file BEFORE or AFTER you extract it to the network location?