More Adobe Crapware!
Feb 9, 2011 | 11:29 am
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More Adobe Crapware!
I just wanted to download Adobe Reader, since Nuance PDF Reader was rendering my PDF's badly.
Why can't I just download the Reader? Why must I get the useless Adobe Download Manager plugin to do it? And why does Adobe Download Manager install McAfee Antivirus WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ME???
This is why I avoid Adobe products whenever I can.
Why can't I just download the Reader? Why must I get the useless Adobe Download Manager plugin to do it? And why does Adobe Download Manager install McAfee Antivirus WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ME???
This is why I avoid Adobe products whenever I can.
Feb 9, 2011 | 11:36 am
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What browser are you using? If Firefox there is PDF Download which I use instead of Adobe. Smaller, quicker and does not hog resources.
Feb 9, 2011 | 1:34 pm
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Feb 9, 2011 | 2:55 pm
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They ask to install anti-virus
While it isn't easy to find, there is a checkbox to refuse the anti-virus. I found it after it installed the anti-virus but the uninstall worked fine. I think the Adobe reader X works fine but you just have to watch out for the sneaky stuff. A lot of free installs seem to do this; you just have to find and read the fine print. Google does it a lot, too.
Feb 9, 2011 | 10:39 pm
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I use SumatraPDF. Nice, light, and simple.
Mar 30, 2011 | 2:56 pm
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I thought this was going to be about how horrible Acrobat Reader X is.
I have a textbook in .pdf format. My online class has open book quizzes. With Acrobat Reader 9 I could search through the text and find my answers. In Acrobat Reader X (with the same .pdf file) it won't search and find anything.
Also I have to copy from .pdfs to excel when i do my expense reports for work. With 9 I could copy just fine as text. With X it wants to copy as a picture.
...trying to figure out how to downgrade ASAP.
I have a textbook in .pdf format. My online class has open book quizzes. With Acrobat Reader 9 I could search through the text and find my answers. In Acrobat Reader X (with the same .pdf file) it won't search and find anything.
Also I have to copy from .pdfs to excel when i do my expense reports for work. With 9 I could copy just fine as text. With X it wants to copy as a picture.
...trying to figure out how to downgrade ASAP.
Mar 30, 2011 | 5:21 pm
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http://filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/
Older versions are there. You should completely uninstall the latest version first -- maybe install it, run your favorite registry check software to get rid of any orphans, then install the older version.
Older versions are there. You should completely uninstall the latest version first -- maybe install it, run your favorite registry check software to get rid of any orphans, then install the older version.
Mar 30, 2011 | 6:30 pm
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http://filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/
Older versions are there. You should completely uninstall the latest version first -- maybe install it, run your favorite registry check software to get rid of any orphans, then install the older version.
Older versions are there. You should completely uninstall the latest version first -- maybe install it, run your favorite registry check software to get rid of any orphans, then install the older version.
I still got 22/25 on my last quiz looking through the text the old fashioned way, but it was so nice to search with reader 9. I tested out reader 9 after i reinstalled it and everything works as it did.
Mar 30, 2011 | 8:32 pm
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I agree. They really did a lousy job with the UI/interaction model of this version. I just uninstalled X and downloaded 9.4 directly from Adobe's download site.
Last edited by CPRich; Mar 30, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Mar 30, 2011 | 9:48 pm
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Oh I agree, bloatware to the nth degree. Also seems to want to update and restart my machine seemingly once a day. I really can't stand it....
Mar 31, 2011 | 4:30 pm
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I uninstalled Acrobat and have been using FoxIt Reader, a free, small (the download is about 4 MB), and very fast PDF reader. To create PDFs, I use the free BullZip PDF creator (bullzip.com).
This leaves me without a PDF editing solution, but I've found I don't miss it.