If I had XP there would be no problem but with Millenium the old version of Acrobat will not open many pdf files and others it will open but not print.
If I try to download a newer version of Acrobat I am told that I can't that I must upgrade the operating system.
I have already moved up from Windows 98! If I have problems I just go to the local library and work from there. My wife is buying me a new computer for my birthday, father's day, and Xmas present she says, so soon my problem will be solved except that now I must ensure that I get a new one with XP I guess.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
--- John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> ken hanly wrote:
> > Actually it seems that technically that is a
> > downgrade isn't it. After a while you may be
> forced to
> > go back to Vista or whatever comes next. I use
> Windows
> > Millenium and more and more I am unable make use
> of
> > certain recent versions of programmes such as
> Abode
> > Acrobat. I can still open and read most pdf files
> but
> > I cannot always print them. Millenium will not
> support
> > the latest versions.
>
>
> Don't update unless you really need the
> "improvements" on the updated
> program.
> I still use XP and I haven't "upgraded" to a newer
> version of AutoCAD
> because I fear it may not work as well.
> I have no real need to. Everything from my version
> can be executed in
> the newer versions so anyone using newer versions
> will have no problems
> running files I send them.
> Same for PhotoShop, Autodesk Inventor, and other
> programs I use regularly.
> Most of the updates are just minor "enhancements"
> that have little
> effect on usability or performance so why install
> them?
> XP is an upgrade to a Vista machine because it works
> better. The
> time-line of release should have nothing to do with
> whether a program is
> considered an upgrade or not.
> If I installed a larger A/C unit in my home but it
> failed it work
> because it was a shitty design who in their right
> mind would consider
> that an upgrade over a previously trouble-free unit?
> Only people at Microsoft.
> The constant upgrading people do is just part of the
> same consumerist
> mentality that drives sales of complete garbage
> everywhere else in our
> society.
>
> Why do you really need the newer upgrade of Acrobat?
> I don't use it and
> no one I send pdf. files to has ever complained.
> If you're at a work terminal tell your sys admin you
> prefer to older
> version and give them some BS reason about client
> compatibility issues
> if they won't listen to reason.
>
> John Thornton
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