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bjashton
14th March 2006, 01:20 PM
OK I give up!

Has anyone managed to activate Adobe Acrobat Reader on a Jasjar.
Once I solved the firewall issues it gave a message saying I needed to install on the PPC - but it is.

Suspect Acrobat activation isn't WM2005 friendly.
jaganath_sr
21st June 2006, 12:48 PM
Same here. Not able to activate on my O2 MINI S (WM 5)

Getting the same error message. Tried on several PCs
thefunkunfaked
21st June 2006, 06:04 PM
:?

I'm confused.

It works fine for me and I never had to "activate" it.
bjashton
21st June 2006, 06:10 PM
:?
I'm confused.
It works fine for me and I never had to "activate" it.


It works for us as well for normal PDF files.

However you need to activate it to read Digital Rights Managment (DRM) protected books. Pretty much any Ebook you pay for (Ebay excluded:-)) is DRM protected to stop you giving it to someone else.
thefunkunfaked
21st June 2006, 06:14 PM
:?
I'm confused.
It works fine for me and I never had to "activate" it.

It works for us as well for normal PDF files.

However you need to activate it to read Digital Rights Managment (DRM) protected books. Pretty much any Ebook you pay for (Ebay excluded:-)) is DRM protected to stop you giving it to someone else.
bjashton
21st June 2006, 06:19 PM
Why can't you just decrypt the PDF and do whatever you want with it? That's what I do all of the time anyway, especially so I can add reflow tags to the document in Acrobat Professional on my PC.



I assumed you couldn't (easily) decrypt the PDF. (Otherwise the DRM is pointless.)

You have a solution?
thefunkunfaked
21st June 2006, 06:24 PM
Why can't you just decrypt the PDF and do whatever you want with it? That's what I do all of the time anyway, especially so I can add reflow tags to the document in Acrobat Professional on my PC.



I assumed you couldn't (easily) decrypt the PDF. (Otherwise the DRM is pointless.)

You have a solution?
bjashton
21st June 2006, 06:32 PM
Give Advanced PDF Password Recovery Pro a try. It is capable decrypting passwords and even unlocking PDF documents. My motivation to was my frustration with authors excluding the reflow function (which is a necessity on mobile devices).


It doesn't work with DRM for purchased Ebooks - only password protected PDF files.

To quote...
Finally, PDF files can be protected using PDF Merchant and EBX digital rights management schemes or 3rd party plugins such as FileOpen, SoftLock etc. APDFPRP does not support such ones, i.e. cannot decrypt them at all.
thefunkunfaked
21st June 2006, 06:36 PM
It doesn't work with DRM for purchased Ebooks - only password protected PDF files.

To quote...
Finally, PDF files can be protected using PDF Merchant and EBX digital rights management schemes or 3rd party plugins such as FileOpen, SoftLock etc. APDFPRP does not support such ones, i.e. cannot decrypt them at all.
jaganath_sr
22nd June 2006, 05:42 AM
In that case, you'd need specialized cryptographic software. But um.. You'd need some type of clearance from the government to get that. I've already said too much.

:lol: :wink:

I have a bunch of DRM protected ebooks that I bought from Amazon. I cannot carry them in my Pocket PC because of this stupid problem. I browsed over the Adobe support forums and there are several people with WM5 complaining for the same reason. I have not seen any replies from Adobe so far.
yaobin
25th February 2008, 06:40 AM
I have a bunch of DRM protected ebooks that I bought from Amazon. I cannot carry them in my Pocket PC because of this stupid problem. I browsed over the Adobe support forums and there are several people with WM5 complaining for the same reason. I have not seen any replies from Adobe so far.

I got same problem. Please fill out the new feature request form:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform