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Not only can you disable the splash screen, you can do a whole heck of alot more with this .adm file from Dan Thomson and Neil Toepfer.
Additionally, you can also take a look at one of the solutions in our Third Party Solutions guide called PolicyPak. A PolicyPak will not only let you configure individual applications through the use of group policy, but more importantly, the settings will not tattoo your registry!!! Cool stuff indeed!
**IMPORTANT** This will be created as a preference, not a policy. To revoke the settings this template performs, you must specifically "disable" the setting and allow your clients to embrace the setting. This is the only way for clients to purge this Registry key. The setting will not automatically be removed when the clients fall out of the Scope of Management of the policy.
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CUSTOM ADM
;This template configures various settings for Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7.0
;Developed by: Dan Thomson (www.myITforum.com columnist)
;Contact info: dethomson@hotmail.com
;Date last modified: 1-13-2005
;version: 1.1
;Updated by: Neil Toepfer
;This file is provided AS IS for informational purposes to help assist other
;administrators in maintaining a high degree of client manageability.
;Be sure to fully test this in a lab environment PRIOR to implementation.
;The author makes no guarantee or warranty. IE: Use at your own risk.
;CLASS MACHINE
; CATEGORY "Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0"
; This isn't needed when setting this value in HKCU\... as I am doing below.
; POLICY "Disable EULA"
; KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer"
; EXPLAIN "Setting this policy disables the EULA at initial start of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This setting is for all users."
; VALUENAME "EULA"
; VALUEON NUMERIC 1
; VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
; END POLICY
; END CATEGORY
CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0"
POLICY "Disable EULA"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AdobeViewer"
EXPLAIN "Setting this policy disables EULA at initial start of Adobe Acrobat Reader"
VALUENAME "EULA"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
POLICY "Disable startup splash screen"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Originals"
EXPLAIN "Set this value to not show the splash screen when Adobe Acrobat Reader loads"
VALUENAME "bDisplayedSplash"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
POLICY "Disable update notification"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater"
EXPLAIN "Set this value to not show the update notification during Adobe Acrobat Reader startup"
VALUENAME "bShowNotifDialog"
VALUEON NUMERIC 0
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1
END POLICY
POLICY "Set automatic update interval"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater"
EXPLAIN !!AutoUpdateInterval
PART "UpdateFrequency" DROPDOWNLIST REQUIRED
VALUENAME "iUpdateFrequency"
ITEMLIST
NAME "Never" VALUE NUMERIC 0 DEFAULT
NAME "Every Month" VALUE NUMERIC 1
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY
POLICY "Startup - Messages"
KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AdsInReader"
PART "Show Messages and automatically update" DROPDOWNLIST REQUIRED
VALUENAME "bShowAds"
ITEMLIST
NAME "Disabled" VALUE NUMERIC 0 DEFAULT
NAME "Enabled" VALUE NUMERIC 1
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY
POLICY "Yahoo Search Toolbar"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AVGeneral\cToolbars\cWebSearchView\cPositions\cInternal"
EXPLAIN "Controls the appearance of the Internet Search option on the Acrobat Reader Toolbar"
PART "Display Internet Search" DROPDOWNLIST REQUIRED
VALUENAME "bHidden"
ITEMLIST
NAME "Disabled" VALUE NUMERIC 1 DEFAULT
NAME "Enabled" VALUE NUMERIC 0
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
[Strings]
AutoUpdateInterval="If you enable this policy, Acrobat Reader will no longer automatically check for updates"
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Thanks to Dan Thomson and Neil Toepfer for allowing us to reproduce their adm!
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