Adobe updater was the culprit

[Jack]

I'm using Vista Ultimate 64x and for weeks was having intermitten problems
with
Internet Explorer going offline for no apparent reason and stopped me from
accessing websites.

It took me a while to figure out the IE was responsible for 'Work Offline'
or so
I thought. I checked with Microsoft and their recommendations didn't work.

Then, when I used Mozilla Firefox, it too started giving me problems. It
wouldn't
let me access my GMail account and also started bring up a Dial-up window
asking for my Username and Password. Filling it in with the G-mail Username
and PW didn't work.

The dialer would stop and the counter would go from 60 to 0 and it would
recycle the procedure continuosly forcing me to close Firefox..

It was really a frustrating couple of months. I was blaming VISTA!!

None of the various forums brought any ideas and nothing appeared in
this NG to help.

Then I read something about Adobe Reader could be causing problems.

Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a number
of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above ceased and
I haven't had any problems since.

For what it is worth.. "I apologize VISTA.. It wasn't your fault after
all!!!!"



Jack

 

[Paul Randall]

A more useful appology would have listed the steps to fix the problem with
perhaps a link to 'the instructions' or other related info.

-Paul Randall

 

[Nil]

Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a
number of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above
ceased and I haven't had any problems since.

How nice for you. But, unless you pass on what exactly you did, your
big news is a waste of time.

 

[Doug]

Thanks, Jack, you have captured my interest but can you say a bit more? What
"instructions" were you following? Can you supply the link? What Adobe
Reader 8 preferences did you change? - Doug