adobe reader issue
 

i use both netscape and ie for work.

netscape works fine when i need to view a pdf, but ie wont open the friggin thing up. i uninstalled, reinstalled, got updates, etc. for acrobat...... no workie. help!

Sorry, LJ, I've been itching to use this:

http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/

:D

Seriously though, try this:

Open Acrobat Reader, go to 'Edit' > 'Preferences' > 'Internet' and uncheck 'Display PDF in browser' and see what that does for you. If it's already unchecked, check it.

thanks, perth, ya big meanie. and that did the trick, btw. thanksafuckinglot.

No problem. Came across that a few days ago somewhere and I was really hoping Pirate would post another "How come something I could easily look up and answer myself is happening" thread, but you beat him to it.

Glad that helped.

And you know I kid. That one might have been kinda tough to Google properly. I happened to be familiar with the problem.

yes, yes. your timely response- sniff- was just the thing i needed. - sniff-. and i have had that problem for over 6 months and couldn't figure it out on my own.- sniff-. thanks again. snuffle

Nevertheless, I do think that LJ needs to be chastised anyway...

"You big lug! What do you think we are here, some kind of free help desk? Go back and use your retractable cupholder lke all the other technonots!"

Okay. Back to your usual Technology thread.

i beg to differ, elspud. i freely offer my help with automotive questions. why else would i hang around you nerds if not to occasionally ask a technical computer question? i'll agree that i need to be chastised, but not about this. i'm no Pirate, for Pete;s sake. teehee PiratePete. now go and boil your bottom, son of a silly person.

Hey, LJ.

My windshield wipers do this funny thing. When they're on intermittent, they sort of stop wherever they want rather than returning to their out of the way, bottom of the windshield state. If I'm running the wipers and turn them off, the wipers stay where they are at the moment I do so, rather than doing the good, honourable thing, I.E. getting the fuck out of my line of sight. It may be worth noting that I suspect the car has electrical problems in general. Any ideas on this? It's a 2000 Saturn SW wagon.

And I did fucking google it already, but I don't think I'm using the right search terms. :)

busy right now, perth, will ask if i get clear before service closes.

No problem. :)

Change out wiper relay (google for auto parts, they are cheaper online than at your dealer).

I had a car once where something got clogged and caused occasional rain water to drop onto the relay panel. Pull out the relays and they would be all green from being corroded.

I'll check it out tonight. Thanks UT!

or froogle for auto parts.

i asked a tech, and he said it's probably the motor getting tired.

he's not a saturn mechanic, but he does all of our used. he said that's the first thing to check. i donlt know how i'd go about checking a motor, and have no idea about how much they cost. you should probably just trade the car in on a jeep. what are you donig this weekend? if you leave now, you can be here by noon saturday. ;)

Yeah, but I gotta be back Sunday to see my kid. :)

I really like my little wagon actually. It's just your standard wagon outside, but inside is all leather, power everything, heated seats, etc. It's got a V6 with some get-up-and-go. My only complaint about it is that it's... well, it's a wagon. And let's all just agree that a wagon isn't exactly a chick magnet.

Wiper motors have a homing switch. Usually located to keep motor running until Home is achieved, then discharge the magnetic field inside motor so that motor stops instantly. Intermittent wipers disconnect this swtich and pulse motor just enough so that this switch will keep motor running until motor gets back to homing position.

So which is it? Switch inside motor, control (or relay module) that activates motor even when switch is in home positions, or wires (connectors) between. Wiring schmatic is important and easily available. Could be any one of these. Quick use of a meter will identify where the 'home switch' and associated wire is broken.

did you use google to find that out by any chance, or had you some experience with it? what do you do for a living, tw? i promise i won't make fun of you.

Back in the sixties and before I got an engineering degree, I once built things. Replaced the ignition with an electronic ignition. (Concept of points and condensor drove me crazy for the longest time until I finally discovered that points were only a switch. Why didn't they say so in all those books and shop manuals?) Built two different types of buglar alarms (one that would stop working when temperature dropped below 36 degrees). And built intermittent wipers. All these things were not offered as factory options back then. I could not understand why since I was even doing it and the design was not that expensive.

That wiper homing switch was a real dog (as I remember). Solved the problem by spiking the motor with tens of amps applied very quickly. That was enough to get the motor off its (shorted to ground) home position.

I'll bet a six-pack that tw had or has a subscription to Popular Mechanics.

Very cool stuff, tw.

Electricity baffles the hell out of me.

Popular Electronics - yes. Popular Science. Yes. But I disliked Popular Mechanics. All that stuff hyped in the spirit world or in Sci-Fi; few articles in Popular Mechanics based upon existing or realistic products. I never liked myths and lies.