David E. Ross wrote, On 01/01/2013 01:26:
On 12/31/12 9:53 AM, BIll Spikowski wrote:
Ed Mullen wrote:
BIll Spikowski wrote:
I'm a longtime Seamonkey user with multiple computers at different
locations.
They all run Windows XP and are set up identically, to open PDF links
in a new tab.
For the past week or two, each computer frequently has the same
problem. Instead of PDF links opening, I get a blank grey screen that
says "Check for updates... Click here to activate plugin." This used
to happen occasionally and could be corrected by closing Acrobat.exe
in Task Manager and reloading the PDF link, but now it happens very
frequently on every computer -- and my old fix never works.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? It just kills me to have to
keep switching to clunky IE to open PDF links!
Check in Tools - Add-ons Manager to see if there is a Adobe PDF plugin
and deactivate it. Also, go into Adobe Reader and turn off updates.
And unless you have some love for Adobe Reader, uninstall and get the
free Foxit PDF reader:
I have no love for Adobe Reader, but I use the full Adobe Acrobat
version 9.5, which is listed as a plug-in in the Add-ons Manager. If I
disable that, do you know what will happen? Is that decision easily
reversible?
I hesitate to turn off Adobe updates, given the dire security warnings
they keep providing!
I'm normally happy just to experiment, but when it comes to the
interaction of Adobe Acrobat and Seamonkey, it's a complete mystery to
me, and I've learned to hesitate tinkering with a PDF setup that
finally works for me...
Your Adobe Acrobat 9.5 -- is that the reader or the writer?
I found out years ago that if you install the writer, you need to
reinstall the reader. Yes, they will work okay without doing that; but
SeaMonkey will then view PDF files in the writer instead of the reader.
Also, you should turn off updates. On the reader's menu bar, select
[Edit > Preferences > Updater], select the last radio button, and then
the okay button. Periodically, manually check
<http://get.adobe.com/reader/> to see if there is a new version.
The current version of the reader is 11.0.
It's very strange that SM guru's say don't update acrobat reader BUT
...update SM as soons as a new version is available :-)
And on the page http://www.seamonkey-project.org/start/
we see "We encourage you to *download the newer version* linked in the
download box at the right to be safe from known vulnerabilities and be
able to use the newest features in a stable SeaMonkey release."
and IF the SM version installed is more old, SM work not normally, SM
ADD on each page from any site a RED banner with something like "Please
Upgrade !!!"
In other words, about upgrading, SM say "Do it for me, but don't do it
for other programs" :-)
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