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Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler

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Help, Troubleshooting, General info:
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1. You may need an Administrator account to use the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10
Activation Disabler (right-click on the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation
Disabler and choose 'Run as Administrator').
2. If the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler is detected/blocked by your
antivirus software then add it to the exclusions lists of real-time protectio
n
and auto-scan. You may need to temporarily disable real-time protection and
auto-scan when adding the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler to the
exclusions lists, or when using it.
3. If the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler is removed by your antiviru
s
software then restore and exclude it through your antivirus software
(Quarantaine, History, or something similar).
4. To manually reset the Adobe registration, search for cache.db in Windows Find
er
and make sure to include system files. Delete all cache.db files related to
Adobe products (only).
5. Not tested if Acrobat X Pro 10 is updateable when using the Adobe Acrobat X P
ro
10 Activation Disabler, but confirmed by some people is that updating is only
possible when using the Adobe CS5 Products Activator by MPT (Fixed).

Important notes (unless you want to risk updating Adobe):

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1. Block internet access for the program by using e.g. a firewall:
> Block internet access through 'Program Control' from your firewall.
> Or set your firewall 'Program Control' to 'Ask what to do/Decide yourself'.
2. Make sure to block internet access for e.g.:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\...
(Permanently block any attempt of Acrobat 10 to connect to internet.)
3. Do NOT update Acrobat 10 (do NOT check for program updates)!
4. If available, uncheck/disable the option 'Check for updates automatically'.

Installation notes:
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Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 activation problems may be fixed
by using the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler:
1. First run the Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 Activation Disabler.

2. Install Adobe Acrobat X Pro 10 as trial or enter a valid serial.

3. Run the keymaker, click the 'Patch Hosts File' button, and choose
version Adobe Acrobat Pro X v.10.x
4. Copy the serial from the keymaker and paste it to the program.
>> Note:
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If the serial is not accepted during installation then install as trial,
and register after installation.

If Acrobat X Pro 10 (still) won't accept the serial:

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1. Disconnect from Internet.
2. Delete folder
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\regid.1986-12.com.adobe
3. Check if all the lines below are added to the hosts file.
If the lines below are not added to the hosts file then add the lines below.
4. After having added the lines to the hosts file insert a new (generated) seria
l.

To manually edit and patch the hosts file:

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Default location hosts file:
>> Windows: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
>> MAC....: .../private/etc/hosts)
>> You may need to edit the hosts file using an Administrator account.
>> You may need to temporarily disable your antivirus in order to edit
the hosts file.
1. By default the hosts file is set to 'Read-only'. To be able to save
changes of the hosts file UNcheck the 'Read-only' box at file properties:
right-click on the hosts file, choose 'Properties', and UNcheck 'Read only'.
2. Open the hosts file with Notepad: right-click on the hosts file and choose
'Open with Notepad'. (Make sure that the box 'Always open with' is UNchecked,
so that the hosts file is opened just once with Notepad.)
3. Add the following lines to your hosts file, and apply & save the changes:
127.0.0.1
activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1
practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
www.adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1
activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1

3dns-2.adobe.com
adobe-dns.adobe.com
adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
ereg.wip3.adobe.com
activate-sea.adobe.com
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
activate-sjc0.adobe.com
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
192.150.18.108

4. The hosts file can be set back to 'Read-only' when done. (Note that addresses
added to the hosts file will be blocked for all your software.)

Note:
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Instead of editing your hosts file, also you may these addresses to your
firewall ip blocklist:
127.0.0.1
activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1
practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
www.adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1
activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1
192.150.18.108
Or, depending on your firewall, add the addresses like this:
192.150.18.108-192.150.18.108