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PDF vs. Resources
At times Adobe Acrobat Reader6 seems to eat up a tremendous amount of either
memory and/or system resources, specifically when downloading larger pdf files, up to the point where there is not enough memory left and it is being suggested to exit some programs, in order to free up space. Is there anything that can be done to avoid or prevent this from happening and, if so, what would it be? Given enough time the pc recovers on its own and I already did disable some start-up items with 'msconfig'. Harry. |
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Harry,
Rather than opening a pdf file in Internet Explorer, try right clicking on the file and safe to your desktop after which you can open and read it. You could also consider using an alternative to Adobe Acrobat such as Foxit (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php). -- Mike Maltby webster72n wrote: At times Adobe Acrobat Reader6 seems to eat up a tremendous amount of either memory and/or system resources, specifically when downloading larger pdf files, up to the point where there is not enough memory left and it is being suggested to exit some programs, in order to free up space. Is there anything that can be done to avoid or prevent this from happening and, if so, what would it be? Given enough time the pc recovers on its own and I already did disable some start-up items with 'msconfig'. Harry. |
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webster72n wrote:
Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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That will surely set me straight, Mike. Thanks again and for the luck also. Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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Foxit works mighty slick, Mike, but I get this error message, that windows cannot find a pdf file, even though it found it, so I just click it 'off'. But why the message? Should I simply ignore it? Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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To All:
By now I am able to answer my own question(s): Apparently that message was due to the presence of the plug-ins for the Acrobat Reader. Once I removed and then reinstalled the Acrobat Reader and reassigned Foxit as the active Reader, those pesty messages were gone and Foxit is in its element. But Acrobat must still remain as a program, or the plugins will become just 'word' files. If there is a way around this, I would like to know it. Thanks. Harry. "webster72n" wrote in message ... Foxit works mighty slick, Mike, but I get this error message, that windows cannot find a pdf file, even though it found it, so I just click it 'off'. But why the message? Should I simply ignore it? Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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Uninstall the plugins for Adobe first - then the reader
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... To All: By now I am able to answer my own question(s): Apparently that message was due to the presence of the plug-ins for the Acrobat Reader. Once I removed and then reinstalled the Acrobat Reader and reassigned Foxit as the active Reader, those pesty messages were gone and Foxit is in its element. But Acrobat must still remain as a program, or the plugins will become just 'word' files. If there is a way around this, I would like to know it. Thanks. Harry. "webster72n" wrote in message ... Foxit works mighty slick, Mike, but I get this error message, that windows cannot find a pdf file, even though it found it, so I just click it 'off'. But why the message? Should I simply ignore it? Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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Oh boy, Noel, here it goes: When I mentioned plugins, I was referring to the files with the Acrobat icon. As I opened them, the warning message about missing plugins was displayed. In my thinking, those files were plugins, but that apparently is wrong. Where do I look for the "plugins" to delete? Hopefully I don't 'bore' you. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Uninstall the plugins for Adobe first - then the reader -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... To All: By now I am able to answer my own question(s): Apparently that message was due to the presence of the plug-ins for the Acrobat Reader. Once I removed and then reinstalled the Acrobat Reader and reassigned Foxit as the active Reader, those pesty messages were gone and Foxit is in its element. But Acrobat must still remain as a program, or the plugins will become just 'word' files. If there is a way around this, I would like to know it. Thanks. Harry. "webster72n" wrote in message ... Foxit works mighty slick, Mike, but I get this error message, that windows cannot find a pdf file, even though it found it, so I just click it 'off'. But why the message? Should I simply ignore it? Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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You should find most of the answers here
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/acroread.html -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... Oh boy, Noel, here it goes: When I mentioned plugins, I was referring to the files with the Acrobat icon. As I opened them, the warning message about missing plugins was displayed. In my thinking, those files were plugins, but that apparently is wrong. Where do I look for the "plugins" to delete? Hopefully I don't 'bore' you. Harry. "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Uninstall the plugins for Adobe first - then the reader -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "webster72n" wrote in message ... To All: By now I am able to answer my own question(s): Apparently that message was due to the presence of the plug-ins for the Acrobat Reader. Once I removed and then reinstalled the Acrobat Reader and reassigned Foxit as the active Reader, those pesty messages were gone and Foxit is in its element. But Acrobat must still remain as a program, or the plugins will become just 'word' files. If there is a way around this, I would like to know it. Thanks. Harry. "webster72n" wrote in message ... Foxit works mighty slick, Mike, but I get this error message, that windows cannot find a pdf file, even though it found it, so I just click it 'off'. But why the message? Should I simply ignore it? Harry. "Mike M" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: Thank you Mike. What will happen to the existing Adobe files after I'd change to Foxit? Can it open them? Harry, Yes. Foxit can read most if not all pdf files generated by Adobe Acrobat and other pdf generators. That may sound illiterate to you, but it's a question for me. At any rate, I am going to try the desktop method first. Best of luck, -- Mike Maltby |
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