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AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:36 am
by andyman
It pops up when a pdf is opened, and there is one per instance of opening a pdf. no matter how many adobeupdater.exe's there are, they always equal out to max out my cpu and turn my 3.4GHz dual core into an abacus. and not even the good ones...
'end process' doesn't make it go away, the only way to get back to normal is to restart but I hate having to restart especially when i accidentally click a link on a webpage that goes to a pdf without knowing it.
So how do I make the AdobeUpdater.exe go away without restarting, and make it never come back when i open a pdf?
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:38 am
by Lieutenant Dan
I use Foxitreader.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:45 am
by PhoeniX
Help > Check For Updates > Preferences > Uncheck 'Automatically check for Adobe updates'
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:58 am
by andyman
after i click check for updates the menu goes away, the pointer with the hourglass comes and then goes. nothing happens after that....
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:08 am
by +JuggerNaut+
TehChozenTwo wrote:I use Foxitreader.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:59 am
by seremtan
have you tried google and this thing called 'looking'?
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc34196
...
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:12 am
by Tsakali_
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:22 am
by +JuggerNaut+
rofl, pos software. good 'ole adobe.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:34 pm
by plained
they took ver 5 of the oldversion site (rofl wonder why :P ) but its around.
afask version 5 quits when you quit and it doesnt take all the unwanted liberties of the newest version.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:32 pm
by Tormentius
TehChozenTwo wrote:I use Foxitreader.
Same here. I got sick of Adobe's background services like updates and acrotray running all the time. Its totally uneccessary IMO.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:43 pm
by SoM
aye
just get yourself foxit and say bye bye to adobe crap
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:01 pm
by creep
Tormentius wrote:TehChozenTwo wrote:I use Foxitreader.
Same here. I got sick of Adobe's background services like updates and acrotray running all the time. Its totally uneccessary IMO.
So you found, downloaded, and installed something... rather than just disabling the 2 'features' of what you already had installed. Talk about totally unnecessary.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:06 pm
by andyman
uninstalled acrobat, installed foxit reader. all is good now, THANKS!!!!
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:10 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
creep wrote:
So you found, downloaded, and installed something... rather than just disabling the 2 'features' of what you already had installed. Talk about totally unnecessary.
plus it's slow as fuck compared to foxit.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:25 pm
by Lieutenant Dan
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:30 pm
by Captain
Alternately, just disable the startups in msconfig.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:34 pm
by Scourge
Captain Mazda wrote:Alternately, just disable the startups in msconfig.
What I did ages ago.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:12 am
by +JuggerNaut+
so, old?
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:27 am
by Scourge
Ancient.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:33 pm
by Tormentius
Captain Mazda wrote:Alternately, just disable the startups in msconfig.
Which is great until you open a PDF, then those additional services start up.
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:creep wrote:
So you found, downloaded, and installed something... rather than just disabling the 2 'features' of what you already had installed. Talk about totally unnecessary.
plus it's slow as fuck compared to foxit.
Yeah its really a noticeable improvement.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:59 pm
by Scourge
Tormentius wrote:
Which is great until you open a PDF, then those additional services start up.
The only thing that starts up on mine is the reader.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:13 pm
by Captain
Tormentius wrote:Captain Mazda wrote:Alternately, just disable the startups in msconfig.
Which is great until you open a PDF, then those additional services start up.
Doesn't seem to be the case for me
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:14 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
adobe is gay, get over it.
Re: AdobeUpdater.exe is destroying my computer
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:17 pm
by Scourge
I'm not saying it's better. Just giving facts.
