PDF Pages Open Very Slowly

[MikeKohler]

Hi, I am using IE 7 with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional. When I am opening a web page that is a pdf, my computer slows right down, and Adobe Acrobat takes a long time to load the page. Is this normal, or should I try reinstalling the software or is there a setting I can check?
Thank you,
Michael Kohler
I mentioned that I am using IE 7, but the same thing happened when I used 6.

 

[bcastner]

From the Adobe site:

Adobe Reader 7.0 is much faster than Adobe Reader 6.0.x, so if you're using Windows 2000 or later, the first thing to try is upgrading to Adobe Reader 7.0.

Adobe Reader 6.0 can be dreadfully slow. You can speed it up by disabling unused Adobe Reader plugins. To do this, move all files and folders that are in the Adobe Reader plug_ins folder to the Adobe Reader optional folder, except for the following:

eBook.api
EWH32.api
Search.api

It has been reported that without the additional plugins, Adobe Reader can start up in as little as 15% of the original startup time. If you need functionality provided by other plugins, simply copy them back from the optional folder to the plug_ins folder.

In addition, you can disable the splash screen and checking for updates in the Startup section of the Adobe Reader Preferences.

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[MikeKohler]

Thank you, I disabled some plug ins, got rid of the splash page and the checking for updates, and its starts instantly.
Michael Kohler

 

[bcastner]

It is surprising the speed difference it makes.

You can actually preserve the plug-ins and retain the speedup. I wrote about this a while ago in faq608-5439



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