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What a crop.Randy the Tech Professor writes with this list:The last set of third party program updates for 2014 are numerous: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe
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Woody, Randy the Tech Professor wrote on his site “Windows does a good job patching their Operating System but you must also keep up to date with all non-Microsoft programs.”

While his advice on patching non-Microsoft programs is sound, I think he needs to visit this site to get a clearer picture of Microsoft’s “good job”.

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@Eric –

Knowing Randy, I think he’s being polite. 😉

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Randy says there is an Adobe Reader 11.0.09 update available. I have gone to Adobe support several times and this update does not show up there. Where can it be obtained?

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flavet,

There is an update link and information at Adobe’s site. See the following link http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-28.html

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@Flavet-

Actually, there is an Adobe Reader 11.0.10 update. You can get it here:

https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows

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@Eric

@Jim

I want to thank both for responding about Adobe Reader updates. However, my try to d/l and install a suitable 11.0.10 version did not complete. The d/l’d Adobe file had a file extension of .msp, so Microsoft said it could not install it. I did not try to d/l the Adobe version Multilingual since I could not find that I had an earlier version of that type file installed with an earlier edition number.
I have gone to Adobe updates several times, but it keeps saying there are no updates beyond the 11.0.8 version I have.

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@ Flavet

Are you using WinXP?

Adobe apparently has dropped support for its Reader on WinXP beyond v11.0.08.

See *System Requirement Changes* at this link. (The link says the information is for its Enterprise Toolkit–but, I suspect it effects regular users as well)

http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotes/index.html

It was hard to find any information on this on the web.

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flavet,

Have you tried to update your installed Adobe Reader program through its own update mechanism by using the “check for updates” item on the Help menu?

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Here is the link to the latest Adobe Reader (11.0.10):

http://filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader_unpublish/

Click on the green download bitton which says: Download Latest Version (72.34 MB)

Best wishes,
Randy The Tech Professor

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Thanks to one and all responders to my query. I am not going to persue this any longer. Yes, I am still using an XP PC as my main PC until I can get all my emailers to switch over to my new PC. The XP PC has been a stalwart companion and I hate giving it up.

flavet

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@flavet –

When you get around to changing, don’t overlook the possibility of moving to a Chromebook. Unless there are Windows apps that you absolutely must run, the Chromebook has a ton of advantages.

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Please understand that too much of what is presented here is jargon to many of us. How about adding explainations to some of your statements.

I added Spybot Search & Destroy to my Windows 7 It wiped out a few hundred items; made my computer a lot faster. But it also wiped out Adobe Acrobat. Why did you in your book not mention that Spy Bot could also cause problems.

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@Greg –

Oy, I know that the blog’s become jargon-filled. That’s why I try to stick with the very simple MS-DEFCON numbering system, but it doesn’t always match the reality. Sorry about that!

I haven’t recommended Spybot S&D for a decade or more. I recommend against registry scanners. Strongly. In my Windows 8.1 book, look on page 978. Registry scanners are top on my list for “You don’t need ’em or want ’em,” starting with Windows 7.

But if it took out Acrobat, you should thank them! Acrobat’s the second or third larges source of Windows infections in recent years – the first, by some reckoning. For alternatives, check out my post on free Windows programs – http://www.infoworld.com/article/2607009/windows-tools/160168-Top-25-free-tools-for-every-Windows-desktop.html

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