Adobe Reader lossage
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From: Chris Ridd on 25 Apr 2010 06:30 On 2010-04-25 11:13:44 +0100, Jim said: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> Does anyone remember Adobe when instead of being rubbish, they were >> inventing PostScript and programs like Illustrator and Photoshop? > > I know what you mean. Nowadays they seem to be the New Microsoft. There's some brilliant stuff in the latest Photoshop - they clearly have some very talented developers. Unfortunately they appear to put all the trainees on the installers and updaters. -- Chris
From: Jon on 25 Apr 2010 06:59 On 25/04/2010 10:16am, Richard Tobin wrote: > I installed Adobe Read because I needed to read a multi-document PDF > file. Now it wants to update itself. I tell it to go ahead, and > it displays "Installing update..." but nothing happens. Eventually I > find another window hidden below everything else, that says: > > Repair Setup > > Adobe Reader has detected that there are missing components that > require repair. Select the optional components you would like to repair > and click Continue. Deselect a component to completely remove it. Click > Cancel to cancel the component repair process. > > Below, it lists only the Adobe PDFViewer Safari Plugin. > > Now, I don't care whether it repairs it or not, since I don't use > Safari. But the window is dead. The tick box and the Cancel and > Continue buttons do nothing. I can't even bring the window to the top; > I have to move others out of the way to see it. Nothing produces > any response. "Quit Adobe Reader Updater" is greyed-out in the > menu. "Force quit" kills the first window, but the "Repair Setup" > window remains. I can kill it from the command line, but the same > thing happens again after a few days. > > Does anyone know how to get it to either install the update or go > away? > > -- Richard Adobe have implemented a new updater process from 9.3.1, it's no longer a separate process but built into the Adobe Reader app itself. The best thing would be to delete the current app and install a fresh version of 9.3.2. Also first go to ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and delete AdobePDFViewer.plugin (also check /Library/Internet Plug-Ins)
From: Duncan Kennedy on 25 Apr 2010 07:59 tricky999 <rsvp(a)vetsco.net> wrote: > On 2010-04-25 10:16:52 +0100, richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) said: > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to get it to either install the update or go > > away? > > > > -- Richard > > I had the same problem. Open up Adobe Reader and update from the help > menu. I think I still got the problem with the stuck window, but it > updated the Reader to 9.3.2 and the stuck window has not appeared > since I rebooted. I get this on a Win XP and a Vista one. Haven't got it on the Macs yet as I only just installed Acrobat Rearer on this Mini this week. Looks like Adobe got it wrong somewhere deeper than platfor specific. On the other hand I did find a Mac Mini 10.5.8 update sitting on the Vista box for some silly reason - I suppose the Reader update is a Windows one and not a Mac one that lost its way? No - if couldn't be as the updater icon sits in the Windows System Tray. -- duncank
From: Andy Hewitt on 25 Apr 2010 10:28 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > Does anyone remember Adobe when instead of being rubbish, they were > > inventing PostScript and programs like Illustrator and Photoshop? > > I know what you mean. Nowadays they seem to be the New Microsoft. I also get an error trying to install the latest ACR update, and unhelpful 'Installation Failed' message. At least it still works otherwise. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: D.M. Procida on 25 Apr 2010 11:08
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > Does anyone remember Adobe when instead of being rubbish, they were > > inventing PostScript and programs like Illustrator and Photoshop? > > I know what you mean. Nowadays they seem to be the New Microsoft. No, Google is the new Microsoft. In a way, Google is really the new IBM, except that when Microsoft used to be the new IBM, it did it so much that people stopped remembering what the IBM was. Now Microsoft is starting to become what the actual IBM became after Microsoft became the new IBM, but people still remember it. Daniele |