5 Replies Latest reply: Feb 19, 2008 6:54 AM by Curt Y RSS

    Do Not Install TaxCut on CS3 Windows System

    David C Johnson Community Member
      Do not install H&R Block TaxCut on a Computer with Adobe CS3! I learned this the hard way. Luckily I had a full NT backup from yesterday so that I could restore my system. Unfortunately, I lost 24 hours of work.

      Without your permission, knowledge or consent, TaxCut installs a hacker created PDF printer driver and application called PDF995. PDF995 will prevent you from using Acrobat to create new PDFs, thus rendering Acrobat Pro 8 useless.

      Uninstalling PDF995 has the following disastrous effects:
      1) The PDF hooks to most, if not all, of the CS3 suite components are destroyed.
      2) Acrobat no longer starts and tells you that you must reinstall it.
      3) Photoshop no longer starts because critical files are missing.
      4) Ditto for Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, Bridge, Contribute and Dreamweaver.
      5) Attempting to repair the CS3 installation with the CS3 DVD does not work. The setup runs for a couple of minutes and then disappears.