Adobe Reader Download

[Ed Strong]

Hope somebody out there can answer this for me as I need to open pdf files. I've downloaded Adobe Reader Setup and when I go to run it a window opens with 'Welcome to the Setup Wizard Adobe Reader' and a list of 3 ticked boxes come up asking to: Install Babylon Toolbar; Make Babylon search my homepage on my browser; Make Babylon my default search engine. Do I accept some, all or none of these boxes as once I accept it says I'm giving permissions for changes to be made to certain things on my laptop? Please help this particular luddite or will I end up taking it to the computer shop for them to install it for me?

[Fitzer]

Untick them all unless you want what they say they will do, it rather sounds as if you didn't download the installer from Adobe's website as I'm pretty sure the official installer doesn't have any such options in it. Try downloading the reader from http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/reader.html

[ChuckFickens]

Personally I wouldn't even bother with adobe reader, it's huge and bloated for the simple job it does. Foxit PDF reader does the same job and is far smaller, therefore meaning it loads much faster.

http://www.foxitsoftw...ws&referer=ReaderPage

[venator]

More and more programs these days try to get you to use stuff you don't want, and to get into your system.

You have to look at each loading screen very carefully, spot the little tick boxes and untick them.

Even then, there are plenty of sites who try to get you to pay for free programs by misleading screen design.

It's the Wild West, innit?

[MarkRae]

Quite so, Chuck, and it has a proper MDI interface. If you want more than one PDF open at the same time with Adobe Reader, it will open more than one instance of Adobe Reader! I wouldn't have it in the house nor give it the time of day if I passed it in the street...

[VHG]

I dont think you have downloaded adobe pdf reader, you have downloaded some other program (babylon toobar).

Or you have downloaded a version of Adobe reader that has been "rebundled" with other software (like babylon toolbar), by another company (not Adobe).

You have to be very careful when downloading software, particulalry free software, as often web sites that offer free software to download also take adverts from companies to include THEIR software on the site.

You see a big box saying "DOWNLOAD NOW" and in fact you click on it and finish updownloading a totally different bit of software.

The software you DO want to download is possibly hidden in one corner of the page.

You should try to either download software from a genuine site (Adobe site) or a well known download site like FileHippo or CNET (or others).

[Ed Strong]

Chuck, I've downloaded. Do I click the 'Yes' box where it's asking me to allow changes to my computer?

[MarkRae]

^^ What have you downloaded - Adobe Reader or Foxit?

[Ed Strong]

MarkRae, Foxit.

[MarkRae]

Very good. In that case, you most definitely DO want to allow it to make changes to your computer, otherwise it won't be able to install itself.

Take particular care, though, not to check any of the optional installations. I can't remember precisely, but I think it tries to install the Ask.com toolbar - don't install that. It won't do you any hard - you just don't need it.

[MarkRae]

<damned Enter key>

Just use the default settings for everything else, and make sure that Foxit sets itself up as the default application for PDFs.

[Ed Strong]

Thank you for your help MarkRae (and all the other people who offered their advice). Seem to have installed Foxit.

[MarkRae]

Well, you either have or you haven't! If you try to open a PDF, what happens?