WaltS wrote: > On 12/31/2012 12:53 PM, BIll Spikowski wrote: >> Ed Mullen wrote: >>> BIll Spikowski wrote: >>>> I'm a longtime Seamonkey user with multiple computers at different >>>> locations. >>>> >>>> They all run Windows XP and are set up identically, to open PDF links >>>> in a new tab. >>>> >>>> For the past week or two, each computer frequently has the same >>>> problem. Instead of PDF links opening, I get a blank grey screen that >>>> says "Check for updates... Click here to activate plugin." This used >>>> to happen occasionally and could be corrected by closing Acrobat.exe >>>> in Task Manager and reloading the PDF link, but now it happens very >>>> frequently on every computer -- and my old fix never works. >>>> >>>> Has anyone else encountered this problem? It just kills me to have to >>>> keep switching to clunky IE to open PDF links! >>>> >>> >>> Check in Tools - Add-ons Manager to see if there is a Adobe PDF plugin >>> and deactivate it. Also, go into Adobe Reader and turn off updates. >>> >>> And unless you have some love for Adobe Reader, uninstall and get the >>> free Foxit PDF reader: >> >> >> I have no love for Adobe Reader, but I use the full Adobe Acrobat >> version 9.5, which is listed as a plug-in in the Add-ons Manager. If I >> disable that, do you know what will happen? Is that decision easily >> reversible? >> >> I hesitate to turn off Adobe updates, given the dire security warnings >> they keep providing! >> >> I'm normally happy just to experiment, but when it comes to the >> interaction of Adobe Acrobat and Seamonkey, it's a complete mystery to >> me, and I've learned to hesitate tinkering with a PDF setup that >> finally works for me... >> > > I would think this also applies to SeaMonkey. > > Adobe Reader 9.5.1 and below was blocked in October 2012. > > <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p156>
I don't know why anyone would continue to use READER 9.5.1, when a free upgrade to 11 is easily available, as are numerous competing products that many people prefer. But I'm using the full Adobe Acrobat 9.5.1, not Reader 9.5.1. I think SM is confusing the two. Acrobat 9.5.1 is updated constantly; it's not the latest version, but it's hardly obsolete, or unpatched as to security. I think you've identified the source of my problem -- that SM thinks I'm using READER 9.5.1 and is blocking it "for my own good." Understanding that should help me find some solution.... _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
