IE6 sp2 won't open pdf files

[CG]

It's been a problem for months, so I've given up...
Windows XP, all updates installed... IE ver 6, SP2...
Adobe 7 current Abode onboard.

For the past several months, no matter what I've changed, undone,
security settings changed (all the way down to 'none' and all things checked
for
on..) to security settings turned off on the CA firewall...nothing seems to
help.
pdf files are not displayed in the browser, just the placeholder..and no
error messages
or error indicators. And IE's been reinstalled twice..no good. Adobe's
been reinstalled
on its own and into IE's (through the component interface) and again, no
good.

In Mozilla Firefox though, just recently installed, adobe pdf's display
fine.

IE used to work fine with pdf's, I can't figure out what I might have
changed
to make things not work...or what combination of switches I haven't tried
yet..

Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone seen this issue in current or past
IE's..that may give a clue as well. Maybe it's not in IE itself, but
something in the
XP setup or configuration that is interfering with the pdf's being
displayed.

any ideas very welcome...is this an IE issue or a general XP setup or config
issue?
if I can narrow it down, perhaps I can find out what is actually going
on...it's very
frustrating.

Thanks,

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

It's been a problem for months, so I've given up...
Windows XP, all updates installed... IE ver 6, SP2...
Adobe 7 current Abode onboard.

For the past several months, no matter what I've changed, undone,
security settings changed (all the way down to 'none' and all things
checked for
on..) to security settings turned off on the CA firewall...nothing seems
to help.
pdf files are not displayed in the browser, just the placeholder..and no
error messages
or error indicators. And IE's been reinstalled twice..no good. Adobe's
been reinstalled
on its own and into IE's (through the component interface) and again, no
good.

In Mozilla Firefox though, just recently installed, adobe pdf's display
fine.

IE used to work fine with pdf's, I can't figure out what I might have
changed
to make things not work...or what combination of switches I haven't tried
yet..

Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone seen this issue in current or
past
IE's..that may give a clue as well. Maybe it's not in IE itself, but
something in the
XP setup or configuration that is interfering with the pdf's being
displayed.

any ideas very welcome...is this an IE issue or a general XP setup or
config issue?
if I can narrow it down, perhaps I can find out what is actually going
on...it's very
frustrating.

Thanks,
--
CG
**Goals are just Dreams with Deadlines! ...Keith Ferrazzi, et. al.
humor blog: http://ahablogolicious.blogspot.com/ latest: Cool-Lame List
& Google DeathRay Destroys D.C.!

Uninstall all versions of Adobe/Acrobat Reader and reinstall from the Adobe
Web site.

 

[Guest]

It's been a problem for months, so I've given up...
Windows XP, all updates installed... IE ver 6, SP2...
Adobe 7 current Abode onboard.

For the past several months, no matter what I've changed, undone,
security settings changed (all the way down to 'none' and all things checked
for
on..) to security settings turned off on the CA firewall...nothing seems to
help.
pdf files are not displayed in the browser, just the placeholder..and no
error messages
or error indicators. And IE's been reinstalled twice..no good. Adobe's
been reinstalled
on its own and into IE's (through the component interface) and again, no
good.

In Mozilla Firefox though, just recently installed, adobe pdf's display
fine.

IE used to work fine with pdf's, I can't figure out what I might have
changed
to make things not work...or what combination of switches I haven't tried
yet..

Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone seen this issue in current or past
IE's..that may give a clue as well. Maybe it's not in IE itself, but
something in the
XP setup or configuration that is interfering with the pdf's being
displayed.

any ideas very welcome...is this an IE issue or a general XP setup or config
issue?
if I can narrow it down, perhaps I can find out what is actually going
on...it's very
frustrating.

Thanks,
--
CG
**Goals are just Dreams with Deadlines! ...Keith Ferrazzi, et. al.
humor blog: http://ahablogolicious.blogspot.com/ latest: Cool-Lame List &
Google DeathRay Destroys D.C.!

 

[News Reader]

Uninstall all versions of Adobe/Acrobat Reader and reinstall from the Adobe
Web site.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

Alternatively follow the advise from Abobe on
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/315029.html for Adobe 5.x or 6.x
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331025.html for Adobe 7.x


Peter

 

[Tom Willett]

Or, alternatively, download the Foxit Reader from www.foxitsoftware.com

Tom

 

[CG]

ok, working again, though I'm not sure why.
This is all I did...

backed out of about 3 months worth of Windows XP updates...
as far as I can tell did nothing else, except use Firefox and IE as usual,
I don't think I even did a minor update to Adobe 7,

reinstalled the updates since Update manager was nagging me...

just happened to go to a page in IE6 that was a pdf and whallah...the
pdf displayed just fine...and so far other pdf pages are displaying fine...

maybe the reinstall checked the adobe change or something, or the abode
change, locked onto a DLL that didn't get replaced as it might have been
previously,...so when the reinstall happened that particular DLL or other
thing
didn't get replaced...I dunno, I'm guessing...

but it's working now, so maybe this confused message will give some others
hope that are having similar problems...or clues to the masters who might
suddenly
get an insight into IE6's odd behavior.

Cheers!