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Acrobat 8 Professional and Windows 7

Jul 19, 2010 5:41 PM

I've been reading allot of conflicting reports on whether Acrobat 8 works with Windows 7.  Does anyone have the answer to this?

6101 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: Druidic09, Jul 21, 2010 11:15 AM
 
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  • ~graffiti
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    1. ~graffiti,
    Jul 20, 2010 7:38 AM   in reply to twhamm
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    The confilcting reports may be because it works for SOME people and not for others. The bottom line is that it isn't a supported configuration.

     
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  • Jeffrey287
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    2. Jeffrey287,
    Jul 20, 2010 10:51 AM   in reply to ~graffiti
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    Go online and update your Acrobat Professional.  The version number will become 8.13 or something.  Everything runs well after that.

     

    Give it a try.

     

    Oldman

     
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  • Druidic09
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    3. Druidic09,
    Jul 21, 2010 11:15 AM   in reply to twhamm
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    Hi Twh,

     

    Both answers provided are correct.

     

    1. Adobe doesn't officially support Acrobat 8 Std/Pro on Windows 7. This may change depending on Adobe.

    2. After installing Acrobat 8 Std or Pro you will want to update it. Bringing it to the latest update/release corrects most reported issues with running Acrobat 8 on Windows 7. If you do not upgrade/patch after installing, a number of issues will be present, one being that you can't load Acrobat or it crashing shortly after opening it.

     

    I myself have tested it on Windows 7 Professional (x86), Enterprise (x86), and Ultimate (x64) it is running fine.

     

    Regards. D.

     
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