You can contact Adobe. This is a user to user forum.

I don't know.

I think an ARM is the processor used in most mobile phones (iphone and G1) - so this is probably something to do with enhancing the experience on mobiles.

If you are using AutoStarts you could always disable it and then reenable it if you have any problems with adobe products.

The only reason I can think of is if you are developing websites/flash animations which you wish to distribute to a mobile device.

Well am sure mobile devices are capable of reading .pdf files, so am sure it still to do with publishing adobe files.

And who to say that AdobeARM doesnt get installed with the latest installations of dreamweaver, flash etc anyway. its only cause you have downloaded a later version of this you actually noticed it.

Thank you for the explanation; I also needed to know this.

"I just called.  They do not support Reader, as Reader is a free product"(what MORONS you are Adobe)

that is such a pathetic answer.Excuse me adobe it is YOU who put the software out.That bloody adobearm disabled my network connection.I am wondering why no one else has said anything about it.My first thought was to see what was running in the task manager and sure enough,there it was so i disabled it then deleted the file and also disabled it in msconfig

I got some email from this bloody forum.I hope i have blocked it now.And for peoples info either deleting the info from the registry OR deleting the files is ok.Why Adobe can't reply is so pathetic.!!

i got an email from adobe with a false reply to (clearspace-315423063-666119-2-2814156@mail.forums.adobe.com)

i have blocked the emails from adobe anyway.

If anyone is still wondering what it is, look here:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709/attachments/Acrobat_Reader_Up dater.pdf

It's used for the Updater.

ARM stands for Adobe Reader & Acrobat Manager.

Yes, it does stand for Adobe Reader Manager and I don't understand how and Acrobat Manager gets added in when ARM exists even if only reader and no Acrobat is installed, plus it would and should be ARAM if it truly stood for Adobe Reader & Acrobat Manager and I am well aware the question has already

been answered and yes it can be removed without causing trouble. The user that posted group policys to make changes and propagate sytem wide in an Active Directory enviornment has a head on his shoulders. Those that went about it via the registry need to rethink strategy.

In workgroup enviornments or in the absence of Active Directory in some enviornments, there is a far more efficient way to do it then the registry.

I think it bizaar and over the top to always jump to the conclusion you need to go under HKEY_LOCAL to add or remove things from startup. It is easy to botch things in the registry, far more time consuming to add and remove entries and simply not neccesary. Reality is even after removing the registry entries or changing a DWORD value, ARM still resides on the machine, but just doesn't start up when Windows starts. However, by approaching it this way if you decide you need it later it is just more of hassle to add and remove from registry and is just plain uneccessary even if it makes you feel geeky cool that you did it by the registry. In many corporate enviornments, i.e. large ones like Boeing, where I have worked a registry change especially propagating it company wide can create headaches and even on a single computer this other method is far more efficient.

Simply go to "RUN" and type "msconfig" then go to startup tab and deselect AdobeARM and apply, it accomplishes the exact same thing without delving into the registry uneccesarily and is VERY SIMPLE. Furthermore, you can propagate the change to other machines more easily and if you change your mind its as easy as going back and rechecking the box. Furthermore, in the absence of a group policy you could simply make the change on the master image using msconfig and next time you image, it would propagate, even in a non AD enviorment.

Why most parties in this thread think going to the registry under HKEY_LOCAL>blah blah blah>Run and deleting or adding values is the best way to go to accomplish this I will never know.

Take care,

Someone with a B.Sc. in Computer Network and Communications Management, A+, CCNP and X....system admin, lead tech and help desk manager

I just updated Adobe Reader and my machine told me it wanted to run ARM at startup, was that alright with me?

That's what brought me here.

So I read this and told the updater I didn't want ARM. It finished the update without the ARM thing. Wouldn't that be the simple way to go?

I also installed it without the infuriating and redundant McAfee scanner - another option provided for me.

Lastly I find it bizarre that man so educated and obviously intelligent should spell it the way he does.

That's the kind of nasty, snide, nitpicking, carping little nuisance I am....

I just have this thing about spelling......

p.s.  the thing I found most interesting was the bit about foxit.  I'm downloading it, will give it a try. Lovely if I can get rid of Adobe entirely....