Re: pdf links freezing my ie6

Tom wrote on Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:25:59 +1000:

> A week or two ago my IE6 browser (in Win XP)
> started freezing if I clicked any links to pdf docs.
>
> It begins to open the pdf doc, then nothing ...
>
> I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat version 6, and
> and installed Adobe Acrobat version 7.
> - No joy.
>
> Tried downloading and installing SP2
> - no joy.
>
> It's a work PC so it's got a virus checker and
> I'm pretty sure I haven't even been near any
> sites remotely likely to be sus nor had any
> strange email attachments and the security
> level is always at least medium - I don't think
> it's had a chance to get any malware.
>
> Can't seem to find other posts or MSKB articles
> about this.
>
> Any suggestions?

Could be very large PDFs - occassionally my IE appears to stop responding,
then some time later will spring to life. I think it depends on if the
server you're downloading the PDF from supports byte serving or not - if
not, then nothing will appear until the entire PDF is downloaded.

Dan


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: pdf links freezing my ie6
    ... then nothing will appear until the entire PDF is downloaded. ... >>> Dan ... > Since I can read pdf docs from my hard drive but not ... I would suggest going back to Acrobat 6, v7 is supposedly a little flaky. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser)
  • Re: Connecting documents when printing
    ... It might be easier to insert the PDF pages as ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: ... If I convert the .pdf docs ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: Connecting documents when printing
    ... Is it possible to convert the entire document to PDF? ... Suzanne S. Barnhill ... of the dissertation are about 12 appendices. ... If I convert the .pdf docs to ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: PDF file reader component
    ... If all you want to do is store a whole PDF file in a db, ... Any suggestions for a d2007 component for reading PDF docs? ... It would also be nice if there was a way of storing PDF docs in a Firebird ...
    (borland.public.delphi.thirdpartytools.general)
  • Re: Problem with 07 Office Pdf/Xps Add-in
    ... File | Publish As PDF or XPS ... Microsoft MVP Expression ... I have the 2007 version and downloading to Desktop was what I ... pdf that way but it could not complete the operation. ...
    (microsoft.public.publisher)