Adobe Reader

[Rik]

Have you tried repairing, Noreen? Is there, in fact, an entry in add/remove? If there is, and repair doesn't do it, I'd be inclined to uninstall, then clean the registry manually, but it's not something to undertake lightly.

[Noreen]

There is such an item, Rik and no I haven't tried it yet.

This what the other person found.

Run Detect And Repair while no other applications are running.

1. Quit all applications and restart Windows.

2. Choose Start > Control Panel, and double click Add Or Remove Programs.

3. Select Adobe Reader and click Change.

4. When prompted, confirm that you want to repair Reader.

5. After the repair is complete, restart your computer.

Would that mean without NOD32 and my firewall running?

[Rik]

I'd be inclined to turn off the firewall, but not NOD, Noreen.

[Noreen]

Well, I've solved the problem to a certain extent, I uninstalled Adobe Reader 8.

[Rik]

Well, that's half the battle. Going to risk try a re-install?

[Noreen]

Maybe later, I'll see if I have any problems with Foxit.

[Rik]

Sounds like a plan.

[Inactive]

Well, I've solved the problem to a certain extent, I uninstalled Adobe Reader 8.

Best move you ever made Noreen, it was an absolute pain in the arse for me, ever since the last upgrade I think.



Foxit works a treat for me.

[Rik]

I still have this strange loyalty to Adobe, after all these years. Just can't bring myself to let go...

[Inactive]

Well as you know Rik, I am no expert on these matters, but on this occasion I can state categorically that Foxit works 100% and very fast as well, Adobe was OK but they seem to have messed it up for me on the last major update.

Adobe was so bloated as well, the download was enormous compared with Foxit.

[Noreen]

PDF Exchange Viewer has also been recommended to me, saying that it's better than Adobe or Foxit.  http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer

[Rik]

I know, In, it's emotion getting in the way of intellect, but I did work so closely with the firm for years, and they did give me many thousands of ££s of software and fonts. I can't quite untie the Gordian knot.

[Inactive]

Interesting Noreen, I have never heard of that one.

[Baz]

Well as you know Rik, I am no expert on these matters, but on this occasion I can state categorically that Foxit works 100% and very fast as well, Adobe was OK but they seem to have messed it up for me on the last major update.

Adobe was so bloated as well, the download was enormous compared with Foxit.

yeah same here. Had Adobe for years as did most people I guess and I often got bother with it, freezing etc. switched to Foxit and found it amazingly better.

[Noreen]

Just got another recommendation for PDF Exchange Viewer, certainly one when to bear in mind if I have any problems with Foxit. It's strange that Foxit now seems to work well with my commercial genealogy programs, something relevant must have changed from a previous edition.

[Rik]

Did you have Acrobat active when you tried it previously, Noreen?

[Noreen]

No idea really but I don't think that I have it, Rik. I think that I only had the Reader, that's all the I've removed anyway.

[Rik]

I was thinking just of Reader, Noreen. It's entirely possible, given its nature, that it had hooked into the OS and stopped Foxit from working correctly. Or maybe Foxit just had a bug at the time...

[Noreen]

Don't know, Rik. Foxit is working at the moment and we have to be grateful for small mercies.

[Rik]

And, as with all things computing, we'll probably never know.

[madasahatter]

Does Foxit do everything that Adobe does Noreen?

[Rik]

No, they don't have a Photoshop equivalent... 

(Sorry, couldn't resist, we used to get people calling up for tech support and saying, "I've got Adobe..." It didn't enable us to give them much specific advice. )

[MoHux]

My computer says Foxit takes up only 7.05MB space.  How does that compare to Adobe Reader Noreen??  Can you remember?

 

[Noreen]

I don't know, Mad. It's just that it works for me and Adobe Reader 8 didn't. See here  http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Mo, it doesn't appear to take up any as the version that I have isn't actually installed on the HD. Don't know the official name for this sort of software, it's just "free standing".

[Rik]

About 13MB better from memory, Mo.