Re: Can I install Acrobat Reader under Windows XP as a service?

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From: Bob P
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:46

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Jonathan Sachs wrote:
> Is there a way to install Acrobat Reader as a service, so that it will
> always be loaded and initialized when I need it?
> 
> Background: this morning I got a phone call which required me to open
> a PDF file, and brought the conversation to a dead halt until I did
> so.  My computer went off and scrubbed its disk for at least 15
> seconds before the program came up -- not its usual behavior, but this
> sometimes happens, and I don't know any way to avoid it except to
> install an infinite amount of RAM.
> 
> I would like Reader to be running all the time, just like my virus
> checker, backup program, etc.  And I would rather not put it in the
> startup folder -- first, because it would then occupy space on the
> task bar all the time, and second, because terminating it by accident
> would be too easy.
Get (free) Foxit Reader.  It loads almost instantaneously.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

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