Adobe Reader

[AGreene156]

I have found that some of my professional materials which used Adobe 5 are
not compatible with Adobe 8 which is included in Vista Home Premium. I
notice all the problems installing Adobe in Vista. I have been told to
remove Adobe 8 from my computer and install Adobe 5. Is this a good idea in
the opinion of this group?

 

[PaulB]

I use this reader (Foxit) with VISTA. It works great and is much smaller than
Adode
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

 

[Twayne]

I use this reader (Foxit) with VISTA. It works great and is much

smaller than Adode
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Another responder who doesn't know the answer so he answers a question
that wasn't asked.

--
Twayne

Tired of MS Office and their shananigans?
Try this free replacement:
http://www.openoffice.org

 

[PaulB]

And I suppose your answer helped or are you the Forum police?
To : Agreene156
I do not believe Adobe 5 will run on Vista.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Another responder who doesn't know the answer so he answers a question
that wasn't asked.

--
Twayne

Tired of MS Office and their shananigans?
Try this free replacement:
http://www.openoffice.org

It is a question for Adobe, not here, but the guy gave good advice. Foxit is
a far better program.

Oh, and MS Office is a better bet than Open Office too..

 

[Bill]

The distiller/printing driver part of Adobe 5 is not compatible with Vista
and Adobe has no plans to update it.

Bill

 

[AGreene156]

I am glad to hear that Adobe 5 will not work with Vista. I won't install it.
However, I wonder if the material I have in Adobe 5, some of which is on CD
Rom will work with the Foxit program you suggest.

 

[PaulB]

Iv'e used Foxit for quite sometime and have not found a PDF file it would not
read.
Of course that doesn't mean one doesn't exist.

 

[Ron]

there is adobe the full program that can EDIT pdf files
and there is ADOBE reader

which one are you refering to? Adobe reader 8.1.1 is 100% backwards
compatible

 

[Ron]

he is probably not talking about the adobe reader, but the adobe editor.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have found that some of my professional materials which used Adobe 5 are
not compatible with Adobe 8 which is included in Vista Home Premium.

*NO* version of Adobe is included in any version of Windows. Never has
been, probably never will be. Microsoft and Adobe are competitors,
after all.

I
notice all the problems installing Adobe in Vista.

Which particular Adobe product are you talking about? Adobe makes
several different software products. I certainly had no trouble
installing the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Flash
Player, and Adobe Shockwave Player on Vista Business.

I have been told to
remove Adobe 8 from my computer and install Adobe 5. Is this a good idea in
the opinion of this group?

Since we don't know what specific Adobe product you're asking about,
it's not possible to give a definitive answer. In general, though, if
the product's current version number is up to 8, there's likely to be
very little chance that a version so much older as a v.5 would install
on Vista, at all.


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[SG]

Adobe reader 8.1.1 is 100% backwards compatible<<<

Hi Ron,

Are you sure? because just today I copied over a IRS Tax pdf file crested in
Adobe 8 and the 7 Reader could not open it because some sort of permissions
error. There were NO permissions set in the file properties tab. After
installing Reader 8 the file opens and no more errors.

 

[Daddy Tadpole]

It is a question for Adobe, not here, but the guy gave good advice. Foxit
is a far better program.

It's relevant here, because Adobe seem to have an "issue" (as they say over
the pond) with M$. Their Acrobat 8 had to be updated after one of those
surreptitious Vista updates a couple of weeks ago; I don't have time to
waste like that.

Also Adobe flash reader doesn't work at all for many Vista users (do a web
search if you don't believe me).

When you think about it, it's quite funny: these are 2 of the main players
on the corporate IT scene, and Adobe's free stuff is just a way of making
their expensive products "industry standard".

Regards

 

[Xenomorph]

We can't use Adobe 8.x on some of out networks.

Many of our client's systems are connected via Citrix, and for bandwidth
reasons their remote desktop is displayed in 256 Color.

Adobe 7 was the last version to support 256 color "out of the box" (under
Adobe 8, font smoothing makes all fonts look horrid with 256 color).

Instead of changing several client systems, we simply removed the HORRID
Adobe bloat/crap and installed FOXIT.

Foxit. It's like Adobe Reader. Except it just works, it's a fraction of the
size, it performs and scrolls better, doesn't tie itself to the system as
much (uninstalling Adobe sometimes requires a system REBOOT), and starts up
a lot faster.

You should try it.

 

[Xenomorph]

Like it has been suggested, you should try "Foxit".

Also, no version of Adobe-anything is included in Windows. Someone else took
the time to install it for you.

On any system I find with Adobe Reader installed, I immediately remove it.

 

[Nellie]

I just have a question that im hoping you can answer if not maybe you can
tell me where to find the answers. I recently had my niece to visit for a
few weeks and while she was here she used my PC A LOT!!!!! (she is 10) She is
gone now and I wanted to clean up whatever she may have done to it. I went
to unistall programs and I noticed that I have a lot of Adobe and Java
programs on my PC. What are these programs and do I need them? Can I delete
them? Please help me,

Nellie
(e-mail address removed)

 

[LMeyer]

Yes, everyone, this works great! I have Windows Vista, I clicked on the
foxit link, downloaded it and was able to print my adobe file quick with out
problems! Thanks Paul!