Today I upgraded to Vista. One very large problem: it took all of my files and put them into a windows.old program. Then it wiped out all of my saved links and stuff on Firefox and Explorer. And, I can't seem to open any of my Adobe programs, especially Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. Vista claims that the problem is with Acrobat Reader and I should download a new version. Except, I already have the latest version and adobe.com seems to be down for some strange reason.
Any suggestions?
Adobe hates Vista
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adciv
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
First, you should have backed up everything before upgrading.
Second, start with reinstalling Adobe. Then, run it under an admin account and see if it works then.
Third, Checking Adobe's site helps.
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Second, start with reinstalling Adobe. Then, run it under an admin account and see if it works then.
Third, Checking Adobe's site helps.
^Ignore This
Click Here
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
Not to sound like a total nerd, but (unless you're using Reader to make PDFs) you should take a look at Foxit Reader. It's much faster and smaller, and works just as well (I don't know if you can make PDFs though).
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
Well, it turns out that you have to reinstall damn near everything since upgrading to Vista pretty much neuters every program you have on your computer pre-Vista. On the bright side, it allowed me to delete a whole a lot of stuff.
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
Delete or uninstall?
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
Delete without having to uninstall.
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
A coda to my tale of woe. I ended up giving my computer my sister, since she needed a newer computer more than I did. But she was having the same problem that I was. So we were there, and discovered that there's a program that comes with vista that when you run through the old programs through it, can make most programs Vista capable, and you can even burn a CD of it and install it on your old computer before you make the transfer. None of this was mentioned in any documentation of Vista I saw.
I ended up hitting my head against the wall many times that night.
I ended up hitting my head against the wall many times that night.
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
And yet you're not going to tell us what this program is?
I'm struggling not to scream at you right now. I might explode.
I'm struggling not to scream at you right now. I might explode.
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Re: Adobe hates Vista
Windows Easy Transfer File
It's rather devious how much money you could actually spend on upgrading and adding peripheral products for Vista.
It's rather devious how much money you could actually spend on upgrading and adding peripheral products for Vista.
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