Install Acrobat 4.0 CD on Dell Windows 10

[tomd90972909]

Our old computer died. Now have a Dell with Windows 10. Unable to install Adobe Acrobat 4.0 on CD that we purchased years ago.

[Dov Isaacs · Accepted solution]

That must have been quite an ancient computer running a very old version of Windows. Acrobat 4.0 was designed for Windows'95. It was a 16-bit application if I recall correctly.

You will absolutely need to upgrade to one of the current versions of Acrobat.

          - Dov

[tomd90972909]

It worked on the HP Windows 7 that just died.

[Dov Isaacs]

It could not have fully worked. The Adobe PDF PostScript printer driver instance from any version earlier than Acrobat 8.1 simply won't work on any version of Windows beyond Windows XP. Are you sure what you have is Acrobat 4? Acrobat 4 is from 1999, over eighteen years ago and certainly would not have been bundled with a Windows 7 computer.

          - Dov

[tomd90972909]

Yes. We bought an Adobe package in 2000 (Acrobat, Illustrator, Pagemaker, and Photoshop). We just need it to be able to open and create pdf files. Photoshop also worked on our HP Windows 7 that recently died. Perhaps Adobe Acrobat is a free download now?

[Test Screen Name]

No, it isn’t free: the current version Acrobat Pro DC is available for one time purchase or subscription. You have been very lucky to get 17 years use from your purchase.