I.E. 7 and Acrobat Reader 8

notsobrite

I am using Vista and I.E. 7, I have been trying to download Acrobat Reader 8.
It starts then the window fades and I.E.7 shuts down. I have tried everything
I can think of. I've tried with Add-ons On and Add-ons Off, firewall,
antivirus and other security units on and off. I just can't get Acrobat 8 to
download, this is annoying since I have some PDF files/documents that I need
to open (these files were in my document folder prior to upgrading to I.E.7
and installing Vista. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Gistcheckin

Open tools>Internet Options>General Tab
Under Browsing History click on View Objects
Click on View and select details
Are any of the controls listed as damaged? Right click and select Remove.
If there are some with a Black Shield and Yellow Exclamation Mark inside of
it, right click and remove it. Reboot

Now go to Tools >Internet Options>Advanced Tab>Reset Button
This will disable all toolbars, add-ons, and remove sites from trusted sites
list
Retry adobe download

Download from here. Be sure to uncheck options i.e. google toolbar, etc..
if you do not want them installed as well.



Have you tried opening the Acrobat app you have installed and updating
through it?

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Gistcheckin


"notsobrite" wrote:

> I am using Vista and I.E. 7, I have been trying to download Acrobat Reader 8.
> It starts then the window fades and I.E.7 shuts down. I have tried everything
> I can think of. I've tried with Add-ons On and Add-ons Off, firewall,
> antivirus and other security units on and off. I just can't get Acrobat 8 to
> download, this is annoying since I have some PDF files/documents that I need
> to open (these files were in my document folder prior to upgrading to I.E.7
> and installing Vista. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

boogervw

I'm new to this, so please bear with me. I also tried unsuccessfully to
download Acrobat Reader 8. I can still open .pdf files ok, but now my IE7
search results no longer turn purple on visited links and no longer turn red
when I choose a link to visit. I really wish I could fix this problem. Does
anyone know how? I'm using XP Pro/Service Pack 2.
Marty

"notsobrite" wrote:

> I am using Vista and I.E. 7, I have been trying to download Acrobat Reader 8.
> It starts then the window fades and I.E.7 shuts down. I have tried everything
> I can think of. I've tried with Add-ons On and Add-ons Off, firewall,
> antivirus and other security units on and off. I just can't get Acrobat 8 to
> download, this is annoying since I have some PDF files/documents that I need
> to open (these files were in my document folder prior to upgrading to I.E.7
> and installing Vista. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Gistcheckin

Boogervw,
Check the following: Tools>Internet Options>General Tab
Click on Colors button (lower left)
Ensure Use windows colors is checked
Click Ok

Tools>Internet Options>General Tab>Accessibility Button
Ensure Ignore colors specified on webpages has been checked
Click OK

Tools>Internet Options>General Tab
Under Browsing History click on Settings Button
Change Keep pages in History for 1 day
Click Ok twice

As for downloading Adobe 8, exactly what happens when you attempt the
download?

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Gistcheckin


"boogervw" wrote:

> I'm new to this, so please bear with me. I also tried unsuccessfully to
> download Acrobat Reader 8. I can still open .pdf files ok, but now my IE7
> search results no longer turn purple on visited links and no longer turn red
> when I choose a link to visit. I really wish I could fix this problem. Does
> anyone know how? I'm using XP Pro/Service Pack 2.
> Marty
>
> "notsobrite" wrote:
>
> > I am using Vista and I.E. 7, I have been trying to download Acrobat Reader 8.
> > It starts then the window fades and I.E.7 shuts down. I have tried everything
> > I can think of. I've tried with Add-ons On and Add-ons Off, firewall,
> > antivirus and other security units on and off. I just can't get Acrobat 8 to
> > download, this is annoying since I have some PDF files/documents that I need
> > to open (these files were in my document folder prior to upgrading to I.E.7
> > and installing Vista. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Charles W Davis

The last time that I checked, neither Adobe Reader 8 or Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro
are supported on Windows Vista. I have the Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro disk and was
able to install it on my Vista Ultimate system.
On our Computer Club's Vista based computers, we have downloaded and
installed the Foxit Reader. It is small and
fast.
"notsobrite" <> wrote in message
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>I am using Vista and I.E. 7, I have been trying to download Acrobat Reader
>8.
> It starts then the window fades and I.E.7 shuts down. I have tried
> everything
> I can think of. I've tried with Add-ons On and Add-ons Off, firewall,
> antivirus and other security units on and off. I just can't get Acrobat 8
> to
> download, this is annoying since I have some PDF files/documents that I
> need
> to open (these files were in my document folder prior to upgrading to
> I.E.7
> and installing Vista. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks