RE: [OT] Adobe Reader 8 and Vista... - an alternative?

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thing that *really* annoys me with Acrobat is the way it
"infests"
various bits of MY machine without so much as a by your leave...

i.e.
It always creates a desktop icon - without asking me
It always installs some poxy "speed launcher" crap in my startup
group -
without asking me
It usually adds itself to my quicklaunch bar - without asking me
It usually adds some auto-update checking crap to the "run" group
in my
registry - without asking me
It usually adds its icon to the top level of my start menu - without
asking me

And even more annoyingly, it reasserts all this bullsh**t every time you
install one of its updates, so I have to "de-infect" my PC every
time I
get an Adobe update...

And some people say Microsoft take liberties with your PC!?!?!? - Adobe
is just one step away from a virus writer if you ask me...

Grr.... - you managed to find my "annoy" button, and pressed
it...

Paul G.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Wayne
> Sent: 06 March 2007 20:46
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Adobe Reader 8 and Vista... - an
alternative?
>
> Hiya Phil,
> If the only thing your using Acrobat Reader to read/print PDF files,
you
> may want to try Foxit PDF reader. Its free (as is Acrobat) but its WAY
> smaller than Acrobat, and a lot quicker to load up when you need it -
no
> more bloatware.
>
> Maybe worth a look if the only thing you do with a PDF is read, search
> and print.
>
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
>
> have fun!
> Wayne.
>
>
>
> Phil Harris wrote:
> > <<SNIP>>
> >
> >
> >> local machine and print server). After much discussion,
searching
and
> >> fiddling we worked out that Adobe Reader 8 has a crap print
system
> >> which
> >> does not work correctly with PostScript print drivers, and
moving
all
> >> of our
> >> printers to PCL drivers sorted the problem.
> >>
> >
> > Well, turns out that Vista had detected my 5Si MX as a PCL
printer
rather
> > than as a postscript printer and had installed the PCL drivers -
I
swapped
> > to the Postscript drivers and that sorted it. (The 5Si MX is
happy
to be
> > driven either way - PCL or PS.)
> >
> > Very odd but working now - thanks for the pointer!
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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