I have been experiencing some strange issue with Adobe software, when I launch it, there will be a program called AdobeUpdater.exe will automatically executes.
This .exe will use about 99% of the CPU runtime and will not be able to kill it via Process Kill, which means a reboot is eminent.
I have tried two methods, one worked, one didn’t
I Renamed updater.api under C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins
That didn’t work at all…
Than I tried renaming AdobeUpdater.exe to AdobeUpdater2.exe under
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5
Which seems to work and hence this is a temporary solution.
According to my research, Adobe is aware of this problem so, I guess they will be releasing a patch soon…
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Your fix for Adobe grabbing all your cpu works!!!! Thanks!!!!!
You can also set the adobeupdater priority to low (via task manager) if you forget and do not want to reboot to get rid of the process
> According to my research, Adobe is aware of this problem so,
> I guess they will be releasing a patch soon…
Yeah, I just installed adobe reader a few days ago and ran into this. They don’t seem to care.
Thanks so much. I was having the same problem. My photoshop programs load so much faster now. And the updater doesn’t keep my CPU at 100% anymore. It’s all good…Thank you.
I’m glad it worked for you! It is pretty annoying when CPU hangs on 100%