"Oppie" <oppie@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>> "Oppie" <oppie@nospamcloud9.net> wrote in message
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>>> This is strange. I tried to download acrobat reader from www.adobe.com
>>> on a
>>> new machine with Windows Vista Business and IE7. Every time the site
>>> loads, it
>>> freezes and I have to use task manager to kill it. Other sites seem to
>>> work
>>> just fine. When IE7 freezes, it is using about 50% of CPU time.
>>> I checked for solutions and was told to get the latest Java suite. Still
>>> does not work. Anybody else see this and is there a fix?
>>>
>>> Not related to DEP (Data Execution Prevention). I turned that off and
>>> re-booted - no change, adobe.com page still freezes.
>>>
>>> Tried disabling add-ons and still freezing when trying to load the
>>> Adobe.com
>>> website.
>>>
>>> Found out later that firefox was handling the site just fine. For that
>>> matter, my other Vista Home Basic machine has no problems with the Adobe
>>> site either.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanx,
>>> Oppie
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Uninstall all versions of Adobe (Acrobat) Reader and then either install
>> the newest version from Adobe or install Foxit:
>> Foxit: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
>>
>
> Frank,
>
> Thanks for the reply but I don't think that was the solution. The machine
> (vista business with IE7) did not have any adobe software on it yet. The
> issue was that when navigating to the adobe.com website, something on the
> page caused the browser to freeze. Whether it was shockwave or flash (that
> was not installed on this machine yet) that the site used and caused a
> problem, I can't say. There was *something* that was peculiar to the adobe
> site that casuses a problem as I have not seen the freeze on any other
> site.
>
> I just went back to that machine and was playing with it. Today Adobe.com
> seems to load just fine. The only thing that I can recall changing was
> increasing the screen res from 1152x864 to 1280x1024. All the add-ons were
> re-enabled yesterday. Oh-Well, another one of life's mysteries. At least
> it's working.
>
> Thanks for the recommendation for Foxit. Was not aware of that.
> I have been using CutePDF Writer for PDF creation on my Vista machines.
> The older Acrobat (full package) has some compatibility issues with Vista
> and Distiller does not run at all.
>
> Regards,
> Oppie (aka Bob Oppenheimer)
>

Foxit takes up less space that Adobe Reader, but it sometimes does display a
bit differently.

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