This is a pretty ridiculous problem... The operating system should not
affect whether Acrobat (actually, Adobe Reader is the name) can read PDF
documents. And newer versions of Adobe Reader can always read older PDF
documents, so that isn't the problem.
Hmm, I wonder if the document on the CD is hard-coded to launch the version
of Reader that is on the CD (which, being older, is not compatible with
Vista)? I can think of two workarounds: copy the document files to your hard
drive and eject the CD; or first launch your current version of Reader, then
use the Open command to select the document on the CD.
I mean, I can pop random CD-ROMs from the mid-90s into my new Mac running
the latest OS and read the old PDF help documents, no problem. It just
shouldn't be an issue...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 8/20/09 12:45 PM, Woerpel at dwoerpel@wi.net wrote:
> You're right. My SPRITE and MGA discs don't work on my 2 computers with
> Vista. They DO work on the old computer with XP.
> As Gilbert Gottfried would say, "Son of a Bitch!".
> Sigh. Progress.
>
> Dave W.
>
>
>
> Jack Feldman wrote:
>> I picked up a copy of the MGC Manuals disk at the MGC gathering. I can't get
>> it to work. I can get through the ;menus, but when I try to open one of the
>> manual files I get the hour glass for about7 seconds, then nothing. I
>> downloaded the latest version of Adobe Acrobat. Foxit just gave an error
>> message when trying to open the files.
>>
>> A call to Moss reveled they no longer sell them. It may be because they
>> aren't well made, or that *they don't work with Vista.
>> *
>> If you do get a copy, be sure you can return it.
>>
>> Jack
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