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Adobe PDF file format is by default not available on a Windows Server 2003 or a SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) installation. Most organizations today use PDF files and it would be helpful for their users to have PDF files stored in the full text search index. To get this working install the Adobe Reader from Adobe website.

I installed the latest version of Adobe Reader 9.2 today and followed the instructions I found on the following links:

• http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2007/05/sharepoint-2007-and-adobe-pdf.html
• http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/03/29/indexing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader-v-8-and-moss-2007.aspx

Searching with some keyword of the PDF files the result returned nothing. PDF files were not index.

Reviewed the Crawl log and found failing messages for PDF files:

Crawled (The filtering process could not process this item. This might be because you do not have the latest file filter for this type of item. Install the corresponding filter and retry your crawl. )

I also tried to add the path system variable to the Adobe Reader installation folder and did another full index but this did not help.

The solution for the problem was changing two registry entries:

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf and change Default Reg_Multi_SZ value to

{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf and change Default Reg_Multi_SZ value to

{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}

After these registry entries have been modified run iisreset; “net stop osearch” and “net start osearch”. Re-run the full index crawler on your content.

Thanks to the community I got the PDF icon and the PDF search working on the Sharepoint 2007 platform!

If you are a software packager and planning to script the Adobe Reader for software enterprise deployment than this tool is definitely you need to have for customization Adobe Reader settings.

Adobe Customization Wizard 9 is a free downloadable utility designed to help IT professionals take greater control of enterprise-wide deployments of Adobe® Acrobat® 9 and Adobe Reader® 9. With it you can customize the Acrobat installer and application features prior to deployment. Providing a graphical interface to the Windows Installer for Acrobat, the Customization Wizard enables IT administrators to:

• Modify the installer via a transform file (MST file) without altering the original package (MSI file)
• Customize the look and feel of Acrobat or Reader before deployment to meet the unique needs of your user base

Key features:

• Optimize the behavior of the installer by including silent installation, preserialization, multilingual, and custom setup choices
• Remove previous versions of Acrobat and Reader
• Suppress the EULA, registration prompts, and the Getting Started window
• Customize key application preferences — turn off automatic updates, add and set default job options, and customize collaboration and security settings
• Remove shortcuts from the desktop and the Start menu
• Edit each Adobe Acrobat application’s registry and installer tables
• Customize file attachment handling within PDF files, including specifying which file types you want to block
• Add or edit files that will be installed, including customized JavaScript or plug-ins
• Preconfigure Acrobat Connect and disable it
• Preconfigure and lock Enhanced Security settings
• Deploy custom Portfolio navigators
• Add or remove custom redaction code sets
• And much more!

Related links:

• Download: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3993

In this screencast I am going though the installation process of the Lenovo Finger print software. The fingerprint reader was included on our new global Lenovo T61p  model at work and I am the first one who is performing the hands on this technology. It’s amazing how this has been evolved in the last couple of years and playing with the reader for one week I personally would implement this on each office computer. Don’t register same finger with two different accounts . One finger for admin account and another one for normal user privilege.

Lenovo ThinkPad T61 6457-4XG

Intel Dual Core 2 T7500(2.2GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680×1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, 9c Li-Ion, WinVista Business

For more info on T61 check out the blog of Keith Combes (Technet) and his review and installation of Vista X64.