We have 1 PDC and two terminal servers... Adobe 7.0 Professional is on Terminal #2... last night I remoted in # 2 as administrator and got a window telling me an update is available for Adobe 7.0... I ran the update and near the end I was alerted that I must reboot and when it comes back up, update will finish. I did all of the above and when server came back up, I saw no sign of, nor was I alerted that update finished... I can open Adobe and go to "check for updates" and it tells me update is ready! This morning I had a user that was logged in on #2 and she was alerted that she got the "Adobe update ready notification"... I told her to cancel out of it... I was under the impression that if I updated on the server, users would not get the update ready message. Have I not actually updated? I'm so confused.

What version of TS are you running?

The Acrobat updates are such a pain because it involves the PDF printer. Also, Terminal Server is supposed to be placed into Single User Mode when software is installed. The problem with updates that are initiated via a web download is they do not always place the server in Single User mode. The proper way to install software or updates on TS is always to go through Control Panel, Add/Remove Software and install new software/updates from there. By going here, the server is automatically placed into Single User mode (if you are running Windows Server 2003 or 2008). If not, you have to change the mode from a command prompt.

Also, if you are installing software that does not complete until a reboot, then it is likely that the last portion of the update may not finish properly. You must logon with Admin credentials to complete the installation.

Try and obtain the distributed version of the updates and not the download/install version. You need a self-contained executable that can be properly launched when TS is not in Multi-User mode.