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i think this might work for you... once you are in the GPO software installation select the upgrade tab and select the ADOBE AS UPGRADE SO IT WILL over install on top of it...<br />
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Hope this helps<br />
Cheers:)<br />
Kamal
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i think this might work for you... once you are in the GPO software installation select the upgrade tab and select the ADOBE AS UPGRADE SO IT WILL over install on top of it...

Hope this helps
Cheers:)
Kamal

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Not qutie - the 7.0.9 and 8.x installs *per my original note* were manual installs, not via GPO. &nbsp;So there is nothing to upgrade.
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Not qutie - the 7.0.9 and 8.x installs *per my original note* were manual installs, not via GPO.  So there is nothing to upgrade.

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Would it be feasible to upgrade all PCs to 8.x?
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Would it be feasible to upgrade all PCs to 8.x?

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not feasible to upgrade to v8 because v8 breaks the application I'm installing 7.0.8 for.<br />
a vb removal might work though - anyone know the vb code I could use to find and destroy Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and 8.x?
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not feasible to upgrade to v8 because v8 breaks the application I'm installing 7.0.8 for.
a vb removal might work though - anyone know the vb code I could use to find and destroy Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and 8.x?

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I have a nice clean MSI + transform for Adobe Reader 7.0.8. I deploy via Active Directory GPO, and it works wonderfully for about 10000 machines. Nice clean install on power up. No further issues.<br />
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But 900 machines have been *manually* upgraded to 7.0.9 or 8.x of Adobe reader.... on those machines, every time they reboot, the 7.0.8 MSI reattempts an installation and fails.<br />
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What are my options? I know it works if I have them manually deinstall Adobe Reader... but that's painful for so many computers. <br />
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Thoughts?<br />
-aj
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I have a nice clean MSI + transform for Adobe Reader 7.0.8. I deploy via Active Directory GPO, and it works wonderfully for about 10000 machines. Nice clean install on power up. No further issues.

But 900 machines have been *manually* upgraded to 7.0.9 or 8.x of Adobe reader.... on those machines, every time they reboot, the 7.0.8 MSI reattempts an installation and fails.

What are my options? I know it works if I have them manually deinstall Adobe Reader... but that's painful for so many computers. 

Thoughts?
-aj

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Installation is the act of making a computer program program ready for execution. Because the process varies programs often come with a specialized program responsible for doing whatever is needed for their installation. Installation may be part of a larger software deployment process. Cross platform installer builders that produce installers for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux include InstallAnywhere, InstallBuilder and Install4J. Installers for Microsoft Windows include Windows Installer, InstallShield, and Wise Installation Studio; free installer-authoring tools include NSIS, IzPack, Clickteam, InnoSetup, InstallSimple and WiX. Mac OS X includes Installer, and also includes a separate software updating application.

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