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November 5, 2021
Question

Adobe request for signature freezes on Adobe DC

  • November 5, 2021
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Hi all,
We have a user who uses Adobe sign daily to request for signatures with multiple drawings through the day. It is a critical operation.

We find that the request for signature feature freezes allot on Adobe DC. DC is up to date according to creative cloud; the Windows OS is up to date and we have completed a re install and repair installation.

The problem is not that the request for signature feature does not work, it is that on certain documents, no matter what we try, we can just not request for signatures on.
We have tried different documents and they do work. Nothing in common with the documents that don't work, no specific time, just random. We just leave it for a day or two and magically, the document can request for signature.

What happens is that we click request for signatures, enter the signers email address, and proceed to the page where we need to add the blocks to add the signatures, but nothing happens, the document is just frozen. Can't scroll, zoom or do anything in the window itself, but everything to do with Adobe DC, such as menus and toolboxes work. So hence the feeling that it has something to do with the adobe sign and not the DC application itself.

Are there any troubleshooting articles that one could fund help or technical documentation to understand how Adobe Sign works and what services it relies on? 

 

Help is appreciated. Thanks

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2 replies

Participant
December 10, 2021

I'm having the same issue, namely, as soon as I click on 'Request Signatures,' a white box pops up at the center of the document and  Adobe freezes. This is really frustrating!

I forced quit the application and repaired the installation. When I tried again, the same issue happened.

 

 

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 10, 2021

Hi Carol,

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. Have you tried using the application in the new test user profile as suggested above?

 

Regards

Amal

Participant
January 13, 2022

Hello,

 

I am also facing the same issue. The issue is really that any user who tries to request any signature or e-signature results in the grey or white box screen that is a failure to load the signature request details. I willl attach screenshots. It really began around the same time this thread was created and I have tried many repair installations and other tricks to try and solve but it always ends up happening again to my users. I have found that I was able to temporarily fix the issue by performing the following:

 

  1. Close Adobe
  2. Open Task Manager as Administrator
  3. End all the "Adobe AcroCEF" proccesses by selecting them and ending task. 
  4. Retry 

 

I have found this to work however it is a hassle because all our users don't have admin rights to be able to open task manager as administrator to be able to close the Adobe AcroCEF process. You cannot end the task by opening task manager normally.

 

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 8, 2021

Hi there

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that. As described the application is freezing when requesting for signature.

 

Would you mind sharing the version of the Adobe Acrobat DC you are using? To check the version go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure you have the recent version 21.07.20099 installed. Go to Help . Check for updates and reboot the computer.

 

As described you have reinstalled the application and repaired the installation with no luck, Please try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Windows and try using the application there. You may also request signatures online via Document Cloud - https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/home/

 

Also please check the steps shared in the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-system-errors-freezes-windows.html

 

Regards

Amal

Participant
November 9, 2021

Hi Amal.

Thank you for your reply. The version of Adobe is 21.7.20099.454979

When using the online Document cloud, the document also freezes when requesting for signature. Also tried this on a test user profile as suggested.

We have also found that it stops freezing if you leave the request for signatures page open for 10+ minutes and the user can place the signature block as normal. While this is a temporary work around, we would like to know what causes this. I also want to stress that Adobe is responsive as normal (menu, tabs and other documents open in Adobe), it is just the "Request for signature" portion that is unresponsive.

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 11, 2021

Hi there

 

I tried to reproduce the issue on my end and its working fine. pleaase try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights or enable the  root account in Mac and try using the applcation there.

 

Regards

Amal