Re: pdf links freezing my ie6

"Daniel Crichton" <msnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OHFi2ABbFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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

Thanx for the reply Dan, but it's happening with
*every* pdf doc I try to open through a browser link.
(Opening pdf files directly from my hard disk works).

I've tried the HTML version sometimes offered in a
list (such as a Google search) and some of those
(in HTML) seem to be fairly small docs.

- Tom



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