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How to remove all unwanted Internet activity and updates from your adobe CS4 software?

Works for Windows XP and Vista

Simply follow these 3 steps:

Redirect the Adobe website DNS record to a dummy IP address:

• Create a new text file with notepad
• Paste these lines

FIND /C /I "activate.adobe.com" %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO ^127.0.0.1                activate.adobe.com>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

• Save the text file as UNREGISTER.cmd
• Double click on the .cmd file to save the changes into the registry

Modify registry settings:

• Create a new text file with notepad
• Paste these lines

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\CSXSPreferences]
"AdobeOnlineDefault"="0"
"UpdatesAllowed"="0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe]
"AdobeOnlineDefault"="0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe]
"Enterprise"=dword:00000001

• Save the text file as ADOBEUNREG.reg
• Double click on the .reg file to save the changes into the registry

Delete the Adobe Updater Folder:

• go to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe" delete the "updater6" folder

Sources:
Various websites + Adobe Website for the registry changes