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Thank you, but I actually found the simplest solution to the problem. It occurred to me that when Windows Speech Recognition is running, it must be able to overide any other programs that can utilize speech, and Reader has been utilizing Microsoft's Speech Engine for quite awhile now. So I began wondering if there might be something in Adobe that was preventing this overide and actually found it fairly quickly.The following are the easiest steps in my opinion to fix this problem:
- Start Adobe Reader. If you get the error, that is alright, just click OK or Cancel to get rid of the annoyance for the final time.
- Open Preferences, there are 2 ways to do this:
- Click Edit, followed by Preferences
- Use the Ctrl-K key combination
- Click General in the Left Hand Column:
- Uncheck 'Enable Protected Mode at startup tick box, and click Yes in resulting pop-up, as shown:
- Click OK in Preference window.
- Finally close Acrobat, and your problem is gone.The Protected Mode is used in Acrobat Reader to help prevent programs/malicious code from making changes to it, however, Adobe did not foresee to install exceptions. Due to this, we either are having to make all these workarounds as listed in previous posts, or just turn the dang feature off. As responsible users, we need to let Adobe know that we are aware of the cause and want this fixed as soon as possible. They will need to install exceptions to the protection mode in order to keep us the everyday users and IT Managers from the headaches it involves. Please help by sending them an quick note on this subject.
Thanks,
Itanaman
PS This setting has to be turned off for each user by the way, or if you know how to set up advanced computer, or group policies, you can use the log text produced in Reader, (an option you have to turn on to get the log), which will tell you all the keys that have to be changed. I checked it out, and believe me, there are alot, and the changes are not for the faint of heart.
Message was edited by: Itanaman Now
Dragon 11 is wonderful software as well, although, with Windows 7 I have been able to get by using it's speech just as well. I lose some of the features, but, overall, the cost is better (FREE, LOL).
Also, Nuance makes PDF Creator which is comparable to Acrobat X Standard, but only costs $50, compared to $299 for Adobe ($139 if you are doing upgrade). I really think more people need to make a stand against Adobe and let them know, we no longer think their business practice is acceptable to us. I know I have gotten 12 businesses to switch to Nuance so far, with the smallest seat count being 32. They not only love the price, but feel that Nuance is faster, (which indeed it is, as it uses so much less resources), but easier to get support for.
Adobe probably feels that since Acrobat Reader is free, they don't need to concern theirselves with support. Myself, if I have a free product on the market, I want to make sure not only that it is the best, but I also offer the best support on it, as that is the best way to have people get interested in purchasing products. Adobe fails to realize that people are more concerned these days with how well they are treated, how fast they can get service, and what the quality of that service is. Personally, I will pay extra for a product, (ex. ASUS over MSI motherboards), when I know the support is better. Hey though, maybe that's just me, LOL. 
Hopefully, one day Adobe will read their forums and have something click in their heads that wakes them up off their collective little butts, before they lose all business in at least the PDF market.
Itanaman Now
It's worked for me!!! Thank you so much!
But now Adobe has updated so there is a small change!
For: Enable Protected Mode at startup tick box, you need click to Security(Enhanced)
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