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06-04-2004, 02:00 AM

Jason Dunn Executive Editor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 29,160		Speeding Up Adobe Acrobat Reader http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prod.../misc/index.php Almost every computer user has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, but with each version it's getting slower and slower to load. This free software helps with that: "Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help make the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software bearable for everyday use. AR SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available. "w00t!", as the young kids say." The difference is truly dramatic - it went from taking eight seconds to load on my computer to only taking two seconds. __________________ Want to contact me personally? Use this. Want to read my personal blog? Check it out. Want to follow me on Twitter? Here you go.

06-04-2004, 02:29 AM

Jonathan1 Pontificator Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,329		Actually we just recently upgraded a BU at my company to Acrobat 6 and after having a ton of problems we ended up downgrading them to AB5 which is, IMHO, drastically better. Even Acrobat Reader 6 sucks. I actually went back to 5 after seeing how slow the search function is. I hit ctrl-f and it takes 3-5 seconds to open up the search pane. I'm somewhat envious of Mac users who have native PDF support in the OS. I just DO NOT like Adobe's latest offering. :? __________________ PDA History: Palm Pilot 5000 -> Apple Newton 2100 -> Casio E-11 -> iPaq 3650 (64MB Upgrade) -> iPaq 3700 -> Casio EM-500 -> HP Jornada 568 -> HP iPaq hx4705 www.spreadfirefox.com

06-04-2004, 02:33 AM

Paragon Magi Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,341		Wow! What a difference. I just gained about 5 minutes a day that was previously wasted while I sat and looked blankly at my monitor and mumbled under my breath waiting for Acrobat Reader to open........thanks! Dave

06-04-2004, 02:38 AM

dh Mystic Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,639		That is just great. Thanks I've been using PDF files a lot more since I no longer have Repligo so this is perfect timing. __________________ Cheers! David

06-04-2004, 02:41 AM

KC Pupil Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 24		Its Great. Now all we need is for Adobe to get off their duffs and release a Reader for WM2003!?!

06-04-2004, 03:15 AM

OSUKid7 Mystic Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,725		8) w00t :hippy:

06-04-2004, 03:43 AM

Kati Compton 5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site! Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,133		Any idea what it does? Does it disable some slow functions? Or pre-load part of the program on boot?

06-04-2004, 03:47 AM

butch

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Originally Posted by Kati Compton

Any idea what it does? Does it disable some slow functions? Or pre-load part of the program on boot?

In fact the program Jason recommanded only did that trick for you...

06-04-2004, 03:52 AM

Zack Mahdavi Pontificator Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,055		Awesome! Thanks Jason.

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06-04-2004, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by butch

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Originally Posted by Kati Compton

Any idea what it does? Does it disable some slow functions? Or pre-load part of the program on boot?

In fact the program Jason recommanded only did that trick for you...

Actually, the first one she said.

And, afaict, the program doesn't have to stay on your harddrive. You can run it to set the speedup then delete it.

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