Thank you professor, that fix fixed it.

I have found that PDX Exchange Viewer is far better than Adobe Reader. Among its benefits are the presentation of multiple documents in tabs and a built-in OCR program to convert image-based PDFs into PDFs with searchable and extractable text.

People were blaming it on Adobe. In this case, no.

Dan, do you mean PDF-XChange Viewer?

Beauty!

And F' googlizzle -- They're spooky spizzle wizzle thizzle shizzle.

Thank you! That did the trick. My IT guy didn't seem to know about this one.

I use flashblock [Firefox Add-On] and Cute PDF viewer. Flashblock was a relief for my older Centrino [lol] lapton, still chugging away as a shop computer. [Recycle, reduce, reuse as they, not chant]

HTML5 would be preferred over the new FLASH, which will be HD, but that is only my opinion, however.

In a perfect world, LINUX would be king.

An informed reader writes:

Here are some suggestions that I regularly give friends & family, assuming they run Windows at home:

Run a simple and free antivirus program. I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials; there are a number of other alternatives as well that are relatively effective.

Be sure to update the software on your computer at least once per month. To help with this, I usually recommend installing the free “Secunia Personal Software Inspector” tool -- http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ . It will tell you when software on your computer needs to be updated, take care of the updates itself when it can, and give you links to be able to go download the updates manually for the programs that need it. It helps make that process much easier than doing it by hand.

Most Important - Instead of updating it every month like the other programs, just remove “Java” completely. Most home users no longer have a need for it, and it’s a source of many, many security problems. Just go to “start”, “settings”, “control panel”, “add/remove programs”, and remove the “Oracle Java” or “Sun Java” programs listed. If you find that you do need it for some reason in the future, it is easy to get a current copy. But most people will never miss it, and removing it is the safest bet.

Consider using a program called LastPass to manage your passwords. This is a free tool and service (or a premium version for about $20/year) that will help you keep track of all your online passwords. It auto-generates strong passwords on most websites, which will protect you in the event that one of those websites gets hacked. It is generally pretty safe to use, and is a good way to make sure you are using different passwords on different sites without losing track of them. As a bonus, it really makes keeping track of website passwords a lot easier.

For any websites that offer it, you should sign up for out-of-band authentication. This will protect your account on those services from being accessed inappropriately should you get malware on your computer. For most people, this list includes Facebook and Gmail at a minimum. Here’s a good article with links to explanations on how to do this: http://lifehacker.com/5938565/heres-everywhere-you-should-enable-two+factor-authentication-right-now

Offtopic -- I just got a come-on email from TriMet begging me to head down to Salem and DEMAND mo' money for transit:

http://trimet.org/sos

"SAVE OUR SERVICE!

Our public transit service is in jeopardy, and we need to take action now in order to avoid future cuts. If you care about the future of transit in the Portland area, make your voice heard and join us at Transit Day at the Capitol, Wednesday, April 10, 2013."

Ugh. I think this is going out to all of their mailing lists, etc.

So, will there be free bus service?

OT #2 -- Although I often find Senator Ron Wyden wanting, I congratulate him for taking part in today's filibuster. He was the only Democrat to do so. Good on you, Ron.