Acrobat Reader 5 Problem

[quote]Originally posted by murbot:
<strong>I'm ready to pull my hair out!!

When I click a link to read a PDF online, I keep getting the following error message:



This is on a fresh, newly installed system, on my PowerBook 550. I had this problem before, but it's still happening right after reinstalling everything!!

Any ideas on what I can do, short of throwing the goddamned thing into a wall?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 is garbage. I have gone back to 4 because I was getting the same problems. Also it's twice as big as 4 and even after I had 5 work it still kept freezing and crashing.

Solution? Go back and delete ALL of 5 and reinstall it. Make sure the plugin is copied into your browsers' plugins folders.

Or just get a version 4 and deal with it. ;)

PDF files are great...but the reader sucks.

You never mentioned if you were running X or 9, but if you are running X, use Preview to view pdf files. It is far superior to the bloatware Acrobat Reader 5.

If you are running 9, I agree with Artman, use Acrobat Reader 4 unless you need the new features like the form completion stuff.

-Ender