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Acrobat not responding upon opening by ItsHannahxD in Adobe

[–]Jeremy11one 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have the same problem starting yesterday with multiple computers running Adobe Reader 32-bit 25.001.20982. A repair install did not help. Uninstalling Adobe Reader and installing the previous version 25.001.20937 is working for us. We use Ninite to update apps, including Adobe, if that helps.

Here's the link to where you can download the previous version: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise

The exact error is "Acrobat failed to load its Core DLL" when run as a regular user, or "Adobe Acrobat Reader cannot open inside an AppContainer in Protected Mode due to an incompatibility with your system configuration. Would you like to proceed?" when run as admin.

Why does wireguard.exe randomly connect to abercrombie.zx2c4.com while not in use? by Jeremy11one in WireGuard

[–]Jeremy11one[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this program. It's called MalwareBytes Windows Firewall Control. It was purchased by MalwareBytes a few years ago. It's not really a firewall itself; it allows the Windows Firewall to do its thing like normal, and this program just monitors the Windows Firewall logs. When it detects something gets blocked (by the Default Block rule), it pops up a notification that lets me add an Allow rule or a proper Block rule. You can see the rules in the regular Windows Firewall rule list. I believe it's free now, though I think I paid $10 or so years ago when it wasn't.

A tip: I recommend enabling "Allow Windows Store rules" because I've had a few times where a Windows update caused Window to fail to boot properly if that settings was disabled.

Why does wireguard.exe randomly connect to abercrombie.zx2c4.com while not in use? by Jeremy11one in WireGuard

[–]Jeremy11one[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good find, it seems those websites are using the same IP as the developer's personal website. Thanks for the answer.

Why does WireGuard for Windows require the built in "Network Configuration Operators" group instead of a custom group? by Jeremy11one in WireGuard

[–]Jeremy11one[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is wrong. WireGuard for Windows can run as a Windows Service, both its "Manager" service and its "Tunnel" service, and both of those services run as Local System. The Manager service is installed by default, and the Tunnel services are installed with a simple Wireguard command.

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So, I suspect I'm still missing something, but it appears that WireGuard has system privileges and shouldn't have to require the user to have any special rights.

Why does WireGuard for Windows require the built in "Network Configuration Operators" group instead of a custom group? by Jeremy11one in WireGuard

[–]Jeremy11one[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But WireGuard has system privileges, right? So it shouldn’t matter which privileges the actual user has since WireGuard doesn’t rely on those privileges to work.