To make an administrative deployment, run msiexec /a path_to_msi.msi TRANSFORMS='path_to_your_language_id.mst' and choose where you want the administrative deployment to reside. If you have made an administrative install, and apply a non-quarterly update, you cannot apply a new quarterly update to it. Please note: Adobe's update regime is that only quarterly updates can be updated with new quarterly updates. You might want to make an administrative install, and apply the patches to the administrative install instead. msp files takes a very long time to install. Acrobat 9 as an administrative deployment

Each update is treated as it's own package - this seems to be the most reliable way. This will also manage updates for existing installations of any version. This will install Acrobat 9 (Assuming you have used the Adobe Customization Wizard so setup.exe will run with out asking questions) and manage updates. If you have an existing Acrobat deployment that you wish to bring under wpkg's control, add these lines to all install stanzas: It's important to figure out which files a particular patch touches and to check their version numbers otherwise, patches apply and request a reboot but the check conditions won't be satisfied, leading to constant reboots. Note that patches don't always bump the version number in the main Acrobat.exe and Acrobat.dll files. You should obtain security updates and patches from or from If you use the both, you can launch setup.exe and have it do your silent installation for you otherwise, you can use msiexec with the MST. The customization wizard can produce a bare MST file or an MST and a modified setup.ini. Suppress display of End User License Agreement (EULA).If reboot required at end of installation: Suppress reboot.Use the Customization Wizard to enter your serial number and select the options you want.

The overhead of maintaining separate keys may not be worth the benefits of automated software deployment. You will probably need a volume license so that you can use the same key across multiple computers (but note that under certain circumstances (as set forth in section 2.4 of the EULA) you might legitimately have two computers with the same key even without using a volume license).

Once you've installed and started the Customization Wizard, use File -> Copy Package to copy the package from the CD to a location where you can modify it. so that you can prepare the package for deployment. To prepare Acrobat Professional 9 for silent installation, you will need to obtain the Adobe Customization Wizard from

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