Reader 8 will not allow me to accept or decline license

try these solutions:

Make sure Internet Explorer has been updated to the latest build. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx and download the latest version of Internet Explorer 7. If it has, then do one or more of the following solutions:

Solution 1: Disable the Content Advisor in Internet Explorer 7

1. In Internet Explorer choose the Tools menu > Internet Options > Content tab > and disable Content Advisor

2. Restart Internet Explorer and try to open the PDF

Solution 2: [Set the registration in the Windows Registry by hand.]

1. [Click start > run > and type in regedit.exe click okay] (On Windows Vista, simply type regedit into the Start Search field in the Start menu and hit enter)

2. [Add the following entries into the registry:]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\8.0\AdobeViewer] (If the AdobeViewer key does not exist, right-click on 8.0 and create new key called AdobeViewer)

"EULA"=dword:00000001

"Launched"=dword:00000001

"Registered"=dword:00000002

Solution 3: Set the EULA_ACCEPT property from the command line during installation.

1. Click Start > run and type in cmd then click okay (On Windows Vista use Start > All Programs > Accessories and then right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator)

2. Change directory to the installation source (example: CD, network or hard drive location)

1. Type the following command:

msiexec /i acropro.msi ISX_SERIALNUMBER=1118-1419-2250-4202-5399-2872 USERNAME="Mr. User" COMPANYNAME="Adobe Systems" EULA_ACCEPT=YES

note: Serial number presented above is fake and used for demonstration purposes only. You must provide your own serial number.

I should clarify, I have Adobe 8 and I too cannot get to accept or decline, but Liam's link no longer works. And it's not the browsers problem b/c I can't open it at all by goint to Start either.

The http://www.xelite.co.uk/adobefix.zip no longer works.

Help,

I cannot get Adobe Acrobat Standard Version 9 to accept the
license agreement. I have implemented Liam's patch for the similar problem to 8 but it does not work.

Help please.

Terry,

Have you tried run the fix posted here Liam, "Reader 8 will not allow me to accept or decline license" #121, 30 Jan 2008 1:28 am

It should bypass the EULA and hopefully allow you to use adobe. Instructions are in the post linked above.

My problem...I have downloaded reader 8.0, 8,1, and 8.1.2 at different times over the past few months. Each time I download, I uninstall the previous version on my Gateway desktop. I am using Netscape Navigator 9 as my browser. I cannot accept the license agreement when trying to open Reader from the desktop nor from a web link. Further confounding the problem is that Reader works fine on the same computer under my wife's user name! We are both set up as system administrators on this computer. Help! This is a real pain for me!

I don't use proxys and yes it has an internet connection. all i see when i try to open adobe 8.0 is a big gray page in the back and a smaller white page in the front of the gray.(i'm guessing that one is the license page and all i can see is white

The solution posted previously should help in your case as well. What it does is bypass the EULA so Reader/Acrobat thinks you have accepted it and doesn't ask you to again.

As far as the page being blank, are you connected to the internet on the PC you are trying to install reader on? and are any proxy's you might use configured? I'm guessing its the same computer you are on to post on these forums so you can get to the Adobe site okay.

Liam

to my knowledge thier problem is a bit different than mine, the license agreement page on mine is totally blank and my content advisor is disabled, what do you suggest?...thank you