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  • 17-08-2006 12:34pm
    #1
    confetti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I have 9 month old dell with xp, i installed office xp myself after i bought it,
    sometimes when i open a word document (or actually even a pdf) it just freezes and i get not responding in the control panel,
    a restart usually sorts this out, but i have to hit the power off button as it seems to take forever to shut down at times,
    so its pretty annoying,

    anyone know why this happens?


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    If its PDF file thats making it freeze, try reinstalling Adobe Reader (or upgrading to the latest version) and see if that helps.


  • #3
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    I find the latest version of acrobat reader make my computer hang often, especially when opening a pdf on the internet through Firefox. It's a terrible, resource hungry piece of software. Your probably best off downgrading to version 4 or else getting a third party open source/freeware reader


  • #4
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    You can prevent Adobe Acrobat Reader from opening in the browser by unchecking a setting (see below) in the Preferences page.


  • #5
    confetti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭confetti


    thanks, yeah it was in the browser that adrobat caused problems, though it worked fine after a restart, which is really the problem, what keeps happening !?!

    its mainly word documents that i get this bother, why then does it work fine after a restart, and i have uninstalled and reinstalled office twice.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    sean_keevey wrote:
    I find the latest version of acrobat reader make my computer hang often, especially when opening a pdf on the internet through Firefox. It's a terrible, resource hungry piece of software. Your probably best off downgrading to version 4 or else getting a third party open source/freeware reader
    I don't like acrobat opening in Any browser

    www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php FTW - 1MB download


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  • #7
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Opening PDFs in a browser can cause no end of hassle for the browser. Blame Adobe.

    Is it just from within a browser it happens? If not, what AV package are you using?


  • #8
    confetti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭confetti


    no not really browser related,

    just opening a word document, it starts to open then nothing happens after that unless i restart


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