Adobe updater was the culprit

I'm using Vista Ultimate 64x and for weeks was having intermitten problems
with
Internet Explorer going offline for no apparent reason and stopped me from
accessing websites.

It took me a while to figure out the IE was responsible for 'Work Offline'
or so
I thought. I checked with Microsoft and their recommendations didn't work.

Then, when I used Mozilla Firefox, it too started giving me problems. It
wouldn't
let me access my GMail account and also started bring up a Dial-up window
asking for my Username and Password. Filling it in with the G-mail Username
and PW didn't work.

The dialer would stop and the counter would go from 60 to 0 and it would
recycle the procedure continuosly forcing me to close Firefox..

It was really a frustrating couple of months. I was blaming VISTA!!

None of the various forums brought any ideas and nothing appeared in
this NG to help.

Then I read something about Adobe Reader could be causing problems.

Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a number
of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above ceased and
I haven't had any problems since.

For what it is worth.. "I apologize VISTA.. It wasn't your fault after
all!!!!"



Jack

A more useful appology would have listed the steps to fix the problem with
perhaps a link to 'the instructions' or other related info.

-Paul Randall

"Jack " <> wrote in message
news:uu%...
> I'm using Vista Ultimate 64x and for weeks was having intermitten problems
> with
> Internet Explorer going offline for no apparent reason and stopped me from
> accessing websites.
>
> It took me a while to figure out the IE was responsible for 'Work Offline'
> or so
> I thought. I checked with Microsoft and their recommendations didn't work.
>
> Then, when I used Mozilla Firefox, it too started giving me problems. It
> wouldn't
> let me access my GMail account and also started bring up a Dial-up window
> asking for my Username and Password. Filling it in with the G-mail
> Username
> and PW didn't work.
>
> The dialer would stop and the counter would go from 60 to 0 and it would
> recycle the procedure continuosly forcing me to close Firefox..
>
> It was really a frustrating couple of months. I was blaming VISTA!!
>
> None of the various forums brought any ideas and nothing appeared in
> this NG to help.
>
> Then I read something about Adobe Reader could be causing problems.
>
> Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a number
> of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above ceased and
> I haven't had any problems since.
>
> For what it is worth.. "I apologize VISTA.. It wasn't your fault after
> all!!!!"
>
>
>
> Jack

On 01 Nov 2007, "Jack " <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a
> number of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above
> ceased and I haven't had any problems since.

How nice for you. But, unless you pass on what exactly you did, your
big news is a waste of time.

Thanks, Jack, you have captured my interest but can you say a bit more? What
"instructions" were you following? Can you supply the link? What Adobe
Reader 8 preferences did you change? - Doug

"Jack " <> wrote in message
news:uu%...
> I'm using Vista Ultimate 64x and for weeks was having intermitten problems
> with
> Internet Explorer going offline for no apparent reason and stopped me from
> accessing websites.
>
> It took me a while to figure out the IE was responsible for 'Work Offline'
> or so
> I thought. I checked with Microsoft and their recommendations didn't work.
>
> Then, when I used Mozilla Firefox, it too started giving me problems. It
> wouldn't
> let me access my GMail account and also started bring up a Dial-up window
> asking for my Username and Password. Filling it in with the G-mail
> Username
> and PW didn't work.
>
> The dialer would stop and the counter would go from 60 to 0 and it would
> recycle the procedure continuosly forcing me to close Firefox..
>
> It was really a frustrating couple of months. I was blaming VISTA!!
>
> None of the various forums brought any ideas and nothing appeared in
> this NG to help.
>
> Then I read something about Adobe Reader could be causing problems.
>
> Following instructions, I opened Adobe Reader 8 and changed a number
> of preferences. When I rebooted, the problems listed above ceased and
> I haven't had any problems since.
>
> For what it is worth.. "I apologize VISTA.. It wasn't your fault after
> all!!!!"
>
>
>
> Jack