Hi, John: I haven't been following this thread closely, so apologies if this was already mentioned. I had a similar problem some time ago, which I traced to Acrobat invoking automatic update during the start-up sequence. The Catch-22 was that if Acrobat quit during start-up, it wasn't possible to turn off auto-update in Preferences...until I tried turning off my Internet connection, so the auto-update couldn't contact Adobe's server. This let Acrobat start, after which I turned off the auto-update option, and reconnected the Internet. The problem didn't recur.
HTH ________________ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices John Pitt wrote: > Mark, > > I wasn't absolutely certain that I had followed the correct procedure > as you outlined -- so I reinstalled, and checked for rogue traces of > old installations, etc., again. > > But it is the same story. On my home login, Acrobat dies about 60 > seconds after opening; at the only client site I have visited since > being afflicted, it is about 10 seconds. > > Distiller works fine -- but I can't do anything to my PDFs once they > are made. And I bought 7 so I could take advantage of its ability to > compile referees' reports, etc. > > > > jjj > > mark.poston at mekon.com wrote: >> I've not heard of this problem before. >> >> It may seem obvious but have you tried a reinstall? I presume also that >> you had the correct rights to install software with your account. >> >> Other than that, did you completely uninstall 5 before upgrading. I seem >> to remember some discussion on this previously. >
