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Smitty
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 Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:18 pm |
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Location: Lambertville, NJ
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Almost half the time I open a .pdf file, it just freezes at the end of the filled progress bar.
I'm blaming this bloat:
Adobe Acrobat 4.0
Adobe Air
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Reader X (10.1.5)
Adobe Flash Player 11 Active X
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
What would you uninstall from the list and what
would you install as a better pdf reader?
Using Win7 Home and Firefox
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chasbox
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:41 pm |
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MacDuffie
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:27 am |
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Adobe Acrobat 4 as well.
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JoanA
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:19 am |
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I'd definitely go with Chasbox's suggestion and install Foxit, it's a brilliant PDF reader with a much smaller footprint than Adobe and it's free.
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Acadia
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:28 pm |
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Don't like to shout but ... FOXIT!! Just make sure that you get the latest version. They very recently discovered a security problem but that has been fixed. Good grief, is FoxIt actually becoming THAT popular that it is finally starting to be hacked?  Acadia
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Smitty
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:07 pm |
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Dumped Adobe, installed Foxit.
Wow. Fast and responsive.
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Acadia
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:51 pm |
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Smitty wrote: Wow. Fast and responsive.
Enjoy, Smitty. When I installed FoxIt many years ago I could not believe how silky smooth it was to make a switch from the usual "approved" programs. Both GG and I have only used FoxIt now for several years ... NO PROBLEMS, enjoy  Acadia
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Michael
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:44 pm |
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Smitty wrote: Almost half the time I open a .pdf file, it just freezes at the end of the filled progress bar.
I'm blaming this bloat:
Adobe Acrobat 4.0
Adobe Air
Adobe Community Help
Adobe Reader X (10.1.5)
Adobe Flash Player 11 Active X
Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin
What would you uninstall from the list and what
would you install as a better pdf reader?
Using Win7 Home and Firefox Uninstall Adobe Air - Only needed if you have the full Adobe Suite (as far as i'm aware). Certainly not needed for those apps. Acrobat 4 you can uninstall if you don't need it Adobe Community Help - May as well Leave the flash as thats different. If you are having trouble with the latest 10.1.5 of Reader, try an older version from filehippo.com _________________ Michael Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Wintel) - Infrastructure Management Degree: Computer Systems - BSc (Hons) Certs: CCNA, CCNA:Security, MCP, MCTS, MCSA, MCITP:SA, MCITP:EMA 2010, MCSE:Server 2008, VTSP5, ITIL V3 Foundation http://www.michaelriccioni.com
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