Overview

Searching out in Internetland you find a lot of different ways to deploy the latest Adobe Reader versions. With PDF exploits becoming increasingly popular, keeping up with these versions has become increasingly important. Prior to Reader 9.3 I would simply deploy the downloaded executable with a set of command line switches. Since then I've taken to using the Adobe Customization Wizard to create a transform file for the MSI. You can download my MST file or build your own. If you use mine, the result will be as follows.

Deployment Behavior

Silent install

No EULA acceptance required

No reboot

No add-ons like links to adobe.com or AIR

Autoupdates are turned off

Steps to Follow

1. Download Adobe Reader 9.3 from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.3/enu/AdbeRdr930_en_US.msi
2. Download this transform file or create your own
3. Move the MSI and MST to the web or UNC share you typically use to deploy software
4. Add it to your LANDesk Software Distribution Packages
5. For Install/Uninstall Options paste: /i TRANSFORMS=AdbeRdr930_en_US.mst /quiet /norestart
6. Under Additional files add the MST file