My adobe acrobat 8 standard will not open. it was working up until this morning, i need to deauthorize it so i can upgrade to windows 7

Locating Your Serial Number in Adobe Acrobat 1 Open Adobe Acrobat on your computer. 2 Select the "Help" drop down menu. 3 Select "About Acrobat" from the drop down menu. 4 Look in the lower right hand corner of the graphical dialog box for a 20 digit number separated by dashes every four digits. This number is your Adobe Acrobat serial number. Read more: How to Find the Serial Number for Adobe Acrobat on My Computer ' eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5793106_serial-number-adobe-acrobat-computer.html#ixzz2HuL3UYak

uninstall the old version and then try.

right click on the item you wish to open and select "open with" and select adobe x from the menu...
I still cant set acrobat x as the default, Win 8 continues to default to adobe reader.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional is not compatible with Win 7
Adapted from Adobe FAQ

Acrobat 9.2 is the first version to support Windows 7. If you own Acrobat 7 or Acrobat 8, Adobe recommends you upgrade to Acrobat X through your Adobe reseller or the Adobe Store. Upgrading to Acrobat X will ensure compatibility with Windows 7 and access to the latest product enhancements. Enterprise customers with a Gold or Platinum support plan can contact Customer Support for upgrade tips and planning help.

Hope it helps.

Adobe Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's

Plug-in from Adobe. It reads documents in PDF format on any platform.


A program from Adobe that lets you capture a document and then view it in its original format and appearance


Adobe has changed the names of the products in the Acrobat family regularly, also splitting-up, joining, or discontinuing products. Between version 3 and 5, Standard and Professional versions were one product simply called Adobe Acrobat.
As of October 2009[update], the current main members of the Adobe Acrobat family are:
Adobe Reader 8/9 Icon

• Adobe Reader 9 (Windows, Mac and Unix)
• Adobe Acrobat 9 (Windows & Mac only; no Unix version)
  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard
  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (includes Adobe Presenter)

The latest version
Version 9.0 Adobe Acrobat 9.0 was released July 2008:[10][11]

• PDF version 1.7 (and prior) supported. There are Adobe extensions to PDF 1.7 for Acrobat 9.
• Product Family includes: Acrobat Standard 9 (Windows only), Acrobat Pro 9, Acrobat Pro Extended 9 (Windows only).
• Pro Extended Version includes Adobe Presenter and the features of Acrobat 3D.
• The ability to create Acroforms was restored to Acrobat Standard in this release (in versions 6 through 8, Acrobat Professional was required).
• Enable real-time collaboration of PDFs with synchronized document views and chat.
• Improved Web Capture for capturing entire web pages or just some parts into PDF.
• Integration with acrobat.com to enable storage and sharing of PDF files.
• Personalize a PDF Portfolio with customizable templates for navigation and branding.
• Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document.
• Insert FLV (Flash) or H.264 video for direct playback in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
• Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for playback in PDF.
• Create PDF maps by importing geospatial files that retain metadata and coordinates.
• OCR PDFs (Paper Capture) using ClearScan. Adobe ClearScan technology creates custom Type1-CID fonts to match the visual appearance of a scanned document after optical character recognition (OCR). ClearScan does not replace the fonts with your system fonts or substitute them by Type1-MM (as in Acrobat 8 and earlier versions), but uses these newly created custom fonts. The custom fonts are embedded in the PDF file (this is obviously mandatory). If the OCR does not recognize a word with enough confidence, then the image (bitmap) of the word is shown in the PDF and the text is put above but hidden (same as what is made in "Searchable Image" mode).
• Adobe Reader 9 drops support for Adobe Reader Extensions 5 and 6 which permit Adobe Reader client software to save changes to filled-in forms in PDFs. Adobe Reader Extensions 6.1 and newer are still supported. Legacy PDFs will still be viewable, however they will open with the warning "This document enables Reader capabilities that are no longer enabled in this Reader version."[12]
• On March 10, 2009, Adobe Reader 9.1 was released which addresses a number of customer workflow issues and a critical security vulnerability while providing more stability.[13]
• On May 12, 2009, Adobe Reader 9.1.1 was released which addresses two critical security vulnerabilities.[14]
• On June 9, 2009, update version 9.1.2 was released which addresses a number of critical security vulnerabilities.[15]
• On July 31, 2009, update version 9.1.3 was released which addresses a number of critical security vulnerabilities.[16]
• On October 14, 2009, Adobe Acrobat 9.2 was released (added support for Windows 7 x86/x64 and fixed many security issues).[17]
• On January 12, 2010, Adobe Reader 9.3 was released which addresses a number of critical security vulnerabilities.[18]
• On February 16, 2010, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 was released which addresses two critical security vulnerabilities.[19]
• On April 13, 2010, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 was released which addresses several critical security vulnerabilities.[20]

When you select Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader the Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader dialog box shown in Figure opens




Click Save Now and your file is enabled with the four items described above. You need Acrobat Professional for all enabling features. These commands are not available to Acrobat Standard users (Acrobat Standard available for Windows only in Acrobat 8). When you select the Enable Usage Rights for Adobe Reader menu command and click Save Now all enabling features are added to the PDF.

pleas say thank's

With many thanks to rlessmue on CNET forum... this is what worked for me (for both Acrobat Standard 8.0 & Photoshop CS2):

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=106141&messageID=2913550
...I found an easier fix for "Error 1606" by rlessmue - 9/12/08 11:44 AM In reply to: Your suggestion worked! by jarjar467-news
Receiving "Error 1606: Could not access network location Startup"
To fix, Adobe seems to be having a conflict with Microsoft Office.
NO need to remove Microsoft Office (if you are having problems with install, upgrade or removal)!
Follow these steps:
1) Open Regedit, (Start -> Run -> (type in) regedit
2) Inside Regedit go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Office
3) Right click on "10.0" folder and select "Export" (and save a copy to your desktop).
(You can do this for the other number folders (like 9.0, 11.0, 12.0) if you want to be sure).
4) Verify that the file(s) have been put on your desktop.
5) Next, delete the folder "10.0" (or the folders you exported) from with in the registry (right-click - delete, confirm)
6) Install, upgrade or remove Adobe Acrobat 8.0...when done...
7) Go to the desktop and click twice on the "10.0" file (and each of the other files) and add back to the registry!
8) You should verify that MS Office products still work, and Acrobat should work too! That's it!

SORRY, BUT THE ANSWER IS YOU DON'T. IT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS-UPGRADE, UPGRADE TO AN EXISTING ADOBE ACROBAT PROGRAM. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PROGRAM, THE UPGRADE IS WORTHLESS. YOU CAN PROBABLY SELL IT ON EBAY.
IF YOU NEED MORE HELP,REPLY TO AFRCLIGHT1217

Upgrade to acrobat reader 8, also go to adobe and get help. You paid them allot of money, you should expect it to work.

acrobat 7 is not compatible with Vista, you need to upgrade to acrobat reader 9, it's free from here