tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783006.post116316721531570433..comments2023-10-31T08:23:25.094-05:00Comments on HCI User Advocate: Adobe and Apple give me no respectBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02454786440233720457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783006.post-32435038197225080662010-08-19T03:49:12.495-05:002010-08-19T03:49:12.495-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.SimonMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896218138355568568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783006.post-62207945435902459512006-11-23T00:25:00.000-05:002006-11-23T00:25:00.000-05:00You forgot Real Player. They may have eased up on ...You forgot Real Player. They may have eased up on the carpet bombing of the hard disk on installation, but they lost me as a user a long time ago. Adobe Reader v5 is the last decent version Adobe put out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22783006.post-33732991330432084592006-11-16T21:49:00.000-05:002006-11-16T21:49:00.000-05:00How about InstallShield Update manager, which may ...How about InstallShield Update manager, which may be installed along with certain applications. You can configure it to not automatically check for updates of the application. However, you can get in the absurd situation of having the Update Manager checking only for updates of itself. As I recall, you can’t kill it using Windows Add or Remove Programs; I didn’t think of editing the registry. Luckily (and suspiciously) InstallShield has posted a <a href="http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q111006"> downloadable utility on their web site</a>. So, we’re required to find and run an uninstaller for the InstallShield Update Manager so it will stop trying to update itself. Reminds me of the <a href="http://www.knowprose.com/node/15203"> Socratic snake that eats itself</a>.Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07372596751996513251noreply@blogger.com