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Pros: 555

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harrisandreson reviewed v1.36 on Apr 28, 2010

i have used adobe reader but i think this latest version is quite simple and
extra-ordinary in sense.cissp

barbls reviewed v1.36 on Feb 28, 2007

After installing this add-in for adobe Acrobat and checking off to use all of its plug-ins, I went in to Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and found an error message. I want to uninstall Adobe Speedup but cannot find the folder where it is installed as the readme suggests. I have emailed the author but so far no response. Anyone have any suggestion as to what i should due to uninstall this software?

ahjefri reviewed v1.36 on Dec 12, 2006

Very nice speed to adobe wait and read, Adobe should learn by now that perfomance is an issue when expanding software functionality until they realize this , I am using Foxit reader...

5 for this software , 5 for Foxit , 3 for Adobe reader..

demetrisk reviewed v1.36 on Dec 11, 2006

People, this is not the place to rate the Adobe readers! :-)

I installed Adobe Reader 8, and found it used a massive amount of RAM. After running ARSU, things are better (and faster).

Foxit is not a solution for me, for three reasons:

1. Not ideal font rendering w/ ClearType
2. Not fast rendering of images
3. Issues with search

indoguys reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

Adobe Reader - Read: Adobe Waiter - most people use it indeed to read and Adobe made it almost impossible to do so. Use Foxit simply as that. There is no need for a speed up tool ;-)

InSuboRdiNaTioN reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

rseiler- Version 6,7,8 are lightning quick because they sneakily load files with windows. Remove the entries from your startup and see just how quick they are then.

Excellent program, although it did not make as big of a difference for version 8 as it did for 7.

rseiler reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

This hasn't been needed since v6 -- v7 and v8 are lightning quick.

edwerz reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

Oh, this is great. Now the Adobe beast, besides consuming massive disk space for a program of its type, also gets to consume massive system resources so I always can be ready to open a simple PDF file. Foxit reader does the same without trying to own your machine. Might sound like a broken record, but there still might be some who don't know about Foxit , so unless you're the type thinks extremely bloated programs like the Adobe reader rock; do yourself a favor and don't install this to have Adobe sucking your RAM up.

zapatero reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

Reader 8.0 is faster (and has a better interface) than previous versions, does not need this program.

lumaan reviewed v1.36 on Dec 10, 2006

Why do some pepeol's rating/review's for this program, rate/review Adobe Reader????? This program do what it say, speedup Adobe Reader.
And for this Foxit Reader, sure it sound good, yet you have to pay for addon's to be able to "Foxit Reader Pro Pack is not free. It unlocks functions to save annotation, save a PDF document as a text file, copy text from text viewer. Actually without Pro Pack, you are still able to annotate a PDF document and print it out. However when you save the annotated document, it will be stamped with an evaluation mark on the top-right corner of the annotated pages. If you purchase a Pro Pack add-on, then there will be no evaluation mark."
Well if you only open pdf to read and nothing more its fine. I'll stay with Adobe Reader and Adobe Reader SpeedUp

terminalx reviewed v1.35 on Jun 4, 2006

this does what it says but its still slower then foxit, still takes up more memory, takes up more space but to each your own

rcutnik reviewed v1.35 on Jun 4, 2006

Another must-have!

And for those rating Foxit, GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE. Test this tool and rate this tool, not your biased sentiment of othertoolswork. :)

zee7 reviewed v1.35 on Jun 4, 2006

Very highly recommended. Foxit is wonderful; it's one of my favorite programs, but sometimes people need to use Acrobat. This cool little app takes the hassle out of configuring Acrobat yourself.

Cekay reviewed v1.35 on Jun 4, 2006

For me it`s a "must have" utilite if you ever use Adobe reader. Adobe should implement the options offered here, so Adobe: talk to the author of this utility!

Comit reviewed v1.34 on Dec 16, 2005

A good program, but IMO foxit reigns supreme.

nitinnakra reviewed v1.34 on Dec 16, 2005

Yes, it does speed up the entire process, as it so rightly says... however, once you've carried the adobe reader speed up set up, you won't be able to update your adobe reader through the utility "check your updates". I have the latest adobe reader and this is what i found. However, when i removed the adobe reader speed up thingy, i could update my reader once again. Also, other utilities like online support and other help options were disabled too.

ScrewedD reviewed v1.33 on Dec 2, 2005

Loading time test, comparing
A. Adobe Reader 7.0.5 with SpeedUp 1.33
F. FoxIt Reader, today's download

So, test results are this [SpeedUp vs FoxIt]

2.2 MB: DataMapper.pdf
[00:04:6 vs 00:07:6]
10.1 MB: Linux Complete - Command Reference.pdf
[00:03:6 vs 00:04:1]
32 MB: Wrox Press - Professional ASP.NET.pdf
[00:03:5 vs 00:03:7]

So big resume is what? This is better ;)
Testing system: P733/512MB/WinXP

httpd.confused reviewed v1.33 on Nov 3, 2005

Take it easy on HelgeFossmo--he just can't figure out how to use this software. He tends to lash out at others when he becomes frustrated by his own lack of comprehension.

ye110mann reviewed v1.33 on Oct 28, 2005

Want to speed up your PDF Reader even more?
Download Foxit PDF Reader instead of Adobe's. Even using the Speed-Up Acrobat Reader is a slow bloat compared to Foxit PDF Reader.

youngec2000 reviewed v1.33 on Oct 25, 2005

This speedup tool still works wonders on older PC's, even with version 7.0.5, contrary to what other people are saying here. My testbed is a good old pentium ii laptop.

BobTheVeg reviewed v1.33 on Oct 25, 2005

HelgeFossmo
You are not here to compare the speed or caching ability of your system. Neither to blaim ppl for the version they are using because Adobe does not do proper maintenance on there release. If the software actualy do what it is supposed to do, why flame it ?

merlin666 reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

I can't open the ZIP of this betanews download.

HelgeFossmo reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

devilrider said "It enables to increases speed of Adobe Acrobat READER to imediate loading (Klick on .pdf and its same second Open)."

my adobe reader 7.0.5 does that already, what kind of ancient system are you guys using?

rseiler reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

Hmm, I thought this app had been discontinued, but I guess there are still some stubborn people on Reader 6.x. Of course, 7.x solved the problem itself.

devilrider reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

Like Kramy says, this Tool Roxx and is very usefull and works perfect: 5/5 Rating.

It enables to increases speed of Adobe Acrobat READER to imediate loading (Klick on .pdf and its same second Open).

Anyway i like if people mention alternatives, but rating should be on tha tool itself. So Foxit PDF reader is for most HomeUsers a good alternative to Adobes Reader.

Kramy reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

The guys below that give this 3's and 4's are rating Acrobat Reader, not this tuneup thingy. And this tuneup thingy is a good idea...

User61 reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

People, give a proper review and rating based on that, not tell us about your preference.

I like brand B more than brand A, but not necessarily because Brand B does a better job than brand A. It might be because Brand B does it in a way that I like it to be or the packaging of Brand B's product is more attractive.

ecjs reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

I still prefer Foxit PDF Reader :

http://fileforum.betanew...PDF_Reader/1102316680/1

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

ZenWarrior reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

I'll give it a 4 because it works quite well enough, but Adobe's bloatware can only be tweaked so much. After tweaking, it's still bloatware. (So, that score is for those people who, for whatever reasons, still use Adobe Acrobat. Foxit users don't need this help at all.)

Ulmo reviewed v1.33 on Oct 24, 2005

Really good and usefull software.
But if you want really speed PDF reader, try :
http://fileforum.betanew...PDF_Reader/1102316680/1

avdven reviewed v1.32 on Jan 10, 2005

Siliconman, the "SpeederUpper" is that Adobe Reader 7.0 loads many of the information into memory as soon as Windows starts by adding a shortcut to the Startup folder in the Start Menu. By running this speed-up program, you can remove the shortcut within the Startup folder and Adobe Reader will still start up quickly. Try moving the shortcut temporarily and restart your computer. You'll notice your computer start a little faster (at least if you're not running a top-of-the-line machine), and when you run Adobe Reader, it'll crawl just like 6.x did. Once you run this, you'll notice a *huge* difference. If you don't run 3.x GHz machine (my primary computers are a 800 MHz laptop and a sub-2 GHz desktop), this program is a godsend when viewing PDF files.

siliconman01 reviewed v1.32 on Jan 9, 2005

AthleticLatino, You do not need Adobe Reader Speed-Up with Acrobat 7.0. It has its own SpeederUpper.

guti reviewed v1.32 on Jan 9, 2005

If you only need to view PDF files in a quickly way, then forget about Acrobat Reader + Speedup and get
Foxit PDF Reader.

guti.bitacoras.com/index.php?entry=entry041223-224433.

AthleticLatino reviewed v1.32 on Jan 9, 2005

After I ran this program then tried Adobe Reader v7.0 it re-installed itself. It seems that whatever changes are made by the Speedup program are being detected and undone by v7.0 of the reader.

User61 reviewed v1.32 on Jan 8, 2005

Check your startup folder rseiler, it also loads faster because Acrobat is preloaded when you start windows. I personally don't like to have anything starting up when I load Windows other than real essential stuffs. Adobe Reader Speed-Up was great up for Acrobat up to v6.0.3 even though I removed any traces of it in the startup procedure.

rseiler reviewed v1.32 on Jan 8, 2005

Basically obsolete now if you're using v7.0, which handles plugins differently so that they don't affect spartup speed whatsoever.

lordgibbness reviewed v1.32 on Jan 8, 2005

It's a useful app, but I find it easier to move ALL plugins (*.api) from the plug_ins folder to the optional folder. This stops them from being loaded, and it takes no time at all to start.

WBMike reviewed v1.32 on Jan 8, 2005

Opening PDF files are a nuisance. I also avoid opening them due to the amount of resources and time it takes to open. I agree with Ted towards that point. Not everyone has the money to buy new PCs just to open PDF files faster. We mainly read or print PDF documents so it would be more practical if the documents opened just as fast as any text file.

brotherS reviewed v1.31 on Dec 6, 2004

Works great for me!

improvelence reviewed v1.31 on Dec 6, 2004

Yes Ted, because it is just so horrible to have to wait an extra 5 seconds for a program to open up...I mean we only live once. I cant believe you actually avoided opening PDF files because of the miniscule load time.....Get a life, or a better PC.

tedbieri reviewed v1.31 on Dec 6, 2004

WOW amazing, I always would avoid opening any pdf files because of the time it took , now no problem just as uick as the rest.

rseiler reviewed v1.31 on Dec 6, 2004

The Wisptis disable feature hasn't worked for me for several versions...perhaps it was Reader 6.02 that's more resitant to it and not the version of Speed-Up, I don't know, but wisptis.exe is no longer killed.

httpd.confused reviewed v1.31 on Dec 6, 2004

This version seems to be an improvement. See the blurb that says this version adds "Detection of Acrobat/Reader via the registry"? That's what one of the problems was in version 1.30. Not only did it force me to find the Adobe Reader EXE manually, it threw an error sometimes when I tried--and forgot my settings on still other occasions. So sorry, I don't have time to write an essay for every review I write, even if I, myself, know what I'm talking about.

ker7099 reviewed v1.31 on Dec 5, 2004

i dont agree with the buggy and poorly designed comment. first time i ever used it it was very straight foreward and i noticed big increase in how quick reader loaded up.

BootBlock reviewed v1.30 on Dec 5, 2004

Poorly designed? How so?

httpd.confused reviewed v1.30 on Dec 2, 2004

Buggy and poorly designed, but (eventually) does what it says it does.

mlevit reviewed v1.30 on Nov 18, 2004

Works wonders, increases the speed by around 4 times.

I would recommend to all.

Josh P. reviewed v1.30 on Nov 8, 2004

Very usefull, speeds it up quite nicely :) No preformance loss.. just gain!

Joo, if you read the readme file, you would have found out that it does in deed work with acrobat, as well as reader :) And I can testify for this first hand.. as I am using Acrobat 6 Pro, and its a heck of a lot faster.

eddie reviewed v1.30 on Nov 8, 2004

Kukac: Not useless. If you delete all the plugins from the directory manually.. then you may delete something that is needed. This program recommends what programs to not load for different situations. So.. no... its not useless!

Kukac reviewed v1.30 on Nov 6, 2004

As it's been mentioned in a previous review, you can do this 'speeding up' yourself by deleting/removing some/all files from the 'plug_ins' directory. See help/about...plugins menupoint for info on what to delete. This app is useless.

joo reviewed v1.30 on Oct 23, 2004

no functionality with Acrobat, only with acrobat reader, which is silly because they are very similar. PDF SpeedUp 1.38 works great for both and has more options

DbzDP reviewed v1.30 on Oct 15, 2004

Before this, Adobe Reader took around 15 seconds to load, with this it now takes 3 seconds to load. :D

freeafrog reviewed v1.30 on Oct 12, 2004

Works great for me.

n00by reviewed v1.29 on Sep 23, 2004

Program works just great, reduced my loading time by about 75% - and this for only 127 KB and for free!

A must have if you use the AR.

wagner reatto reviewed v1.28 on Sep 1, 2004

i just 'zipped' the plugin directory!

joo reviewed v1.28 on Aug 12, 2004

Didn't work for me, but PDF SpeedUp 1.32 did!

prandal reviewed v1.27 on Jul 31, 2004

1.27 works fine, unlike 1.25 which deleted all the plugins instead of moving them.

felix reviewed v1.25 on Jul 30, 2004

works for me! Great tool!

glenn0smond reviewed v1.25 on Jul 29, 2004

Works great with Adobe Reader 6! Takes like a minute off load time, loading in like 5 seconds now after reboot or almost instantly if inside RAM. Now I wish they have a 3ds max Speed-Up :)

... although all the plugins in that program are probably useful.

Joco reviewed v1.25 on Jul 29, 2004

A godsend program. Just installed, version number said 1.27 instead of 1.25.

dimab reviewed v1.25 on Jul 29, 2004

Seems like a wonderful idea. This ver. does not work. Error message seem to be in a different language. Failed with ver. 6

ahjefri reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 30, 2004

Tried it,, improved lunch time by far.. Good Job..

Tool reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 29, 2004

Well, this version refused to work with Acrobat Pro 6.1. The error message is funny as all hell though. "OmgWtfLollrofl!!11111#24`2" .

Prior versions of this software worked very well though

Gryzor reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 29, 2004

It works!

BootBlock reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

THIS (v1.22 TEST) VERSION SHOULD NOT BE USED BY NEW USERS BECAUSE IT IS MISSING ALL OF THE FILES THE MAIN EXECUTABLE REQUIRES. This version was released privately in the forum to see if it fixed a bug a user was experiencing. No idea why it was posted here on BetaNews.

Go the this program's website (click on Joseph Cox, above) and then download v1.21 using the link under the calendar.

MCM: Grab v1.21 and take a look at the ReadMe.txt file; it contains information on automating ARSU for batch installations via an .ini file.

mcm reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

I forgot I had repackaged the program as an automatic self-extracting file a while ago and was busy trying command switches to it, forgetting there were other files. Thanks BootBlock for pointing out my idiocracy. Just trying 1.22 now and he's right, it's missing the other files so when it shows the pop-ups for the first run it displays an error message. I'm providing the link for v1.21 here for convenience.

http://homepage.ntlworld...es/prods/ar-speedup.zip

Viva- reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

Nice applicaiton! Adobe really have something to work with at Acrobat Reader. It takes 30-60 sec to load it on my computer too :'(

RMerlin reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

With that kind of program, maybe Adobe will get the idea that people are tired of waiting 30-45 secs just to launch a PDF viewer because their application has to load plenty of plugins nobody cares about. Those plugins should really be optionnal at install time.

As for the reason for such a program to exist: before that, I didn't even know that all those AR plugins were actually optional. Not mentionning all the people who don't know how to use Explorer to manage files.

kronix2 reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

Small and simple to use. Does what it says it will do.

Acrobat Reader loads up in 5-10 seconds instead of close to a minute.

darkpepe reviewed v1.22 Test on Jun 28, 2004

PDF files are a real pain in the ass, this helps out a bit

oubeaver reviewed v1.20 on Apr 28, 2004

There is a version 1.21 if you go to the homepage. I haven't used this yet. But anything that speeds up 6.0 loading has to be nice.

ssb reviewed v1.20 on Apr 28, 2004

I don't understand why someone needs a program just to delete Reader's plugins.

_x_ reviewed v1.15 on Mar 27, 2004

The tweak-app works pretty well, but sometimes comes up with errors for pages with forms or embedded video/audio. An alternative tweak can be done which is equally as effective. All you need to do is the following steps:

1) Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader (or wherever the app is installed)

2) Create a directory called "optional"

3) And move all of the files from the "plug-ins" folder in to the new "optional" folder.

I've tried renaming the folder, but *SOMEHOW* this causes occasional crashes on some systems.

CyberHobo reviewed v1.15 on Mar 3, 2004

Performs as claimed! No frills, just plain works!

sirsaiko reviewed v1.15 on Feb 25, 2004

Adobe Acrobat Reader definitely had a slow load time before using this program. Good work!

urbanriot reviewed v1.14 on Feb 19, 2004

While the program does a lot of simple things that can easily done by hand, it sure does make thing easier and works perfectly. The new adobe reader is bloated by default and this program helps it load (at least) in 1/2 the time.

rbailin reviewed v1.14 on Feb 19, 2004

One of the new features in 1.14 allows you to disable the wisptis.exe program from automatically starting with AR 6.0

It's in the new Tweaks section, which is independent of the Speed-Up changes section. You may have to end the wisptis.exe process again after changing this setting.

trapanator reviewed v1.14 on Feb 19, 2004

superb

poopie reviewed v1.14 on Feb 18, 2004

worked as advertised, and let me disable all of the crud that AcroRead loads on startup, but I eventually got an error when I started up acroread 6 that said that there was a problem with the install and I needed to reinstall.

I'll be sticking to acroread 5 because it sucks less (in pure suckage, and in amount of ram sucked)

I wish there was an OS native pdf viewer for Windows that didn't need to load a whole other giant app.

What we really need is "Acrobat Alternative" :)

1o9 reviewed v1.14 on Feb 18, 2004

Fantastic! Adobe Reader's startup time decreased to roughly 2 seconds or less.

I love this program!

pathfinda reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

I used this program once before, with Reader 5. Upgraded to Acrobat Pro 6, and decided to try it again. Pro flew open, hughe different in time. I will tweak the config to see if i can get Pro to open in less time.

TheVoodoo reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

nice and very helpful tweak! works fine! Acroreader starts 8 times faster at first startup after tweaking!

sjc001 reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

I wonder if they could make it so that it can also easily remove wisptis.exe, which Adobe loads into memory and leaves there, for the majority of us who don't have a Tabelet PC? There is a way, but it involves manually deleting far too many registry entries.

ranasrule reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

great....adobe reader is worth using again.

trapanator reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

Fantastic

gduncan411 reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

This rocks... Very nice. Thank you for the effort you put into this!

sfhotter reviewed v1.13 on Feb 17, 2004

Nice. Its going to be installed company wide, we have a lot of users with old systems that will appreciate the cut in load times.

perica reviewed v1.12 on Jan 11, 2004

It does what it does, and answer to that guy who asks why not delet it by my self, coz im lazy and to do it by my self takes alot of time and effort.

speaker reviewed v1.12 on Jan 5, 2004

It does exactly what it says it does. I like having bloated PDF files open as fast as .txt files.

seelengarten reviewed v1.12 on Jan 3, 2004

Why not simply delete the plugs????????

guti reviewed v1.12 on Jan 2, 2004

Getting better and better.
Compact, fast, well explained and does what it says. Even better, for freeª

MadCoder reviewed v1.12 on Jan 2, 2004

Excellent.

First of all, thanks for making it freeware. Second of all, thanks for including the help section on each plugin. And the program works great -- no problems so far with opening and viewing my Pdf files.

carstereos reviewed v1.12 on Jan 1, 2004

Works great with Reader 5.1

roj reviewed v1.11 on Dec 28, 2003

Aires: Junior, learn to read. Having acquired that exceedingly useful skill, learn to comprehend what you have read. That's all I have to say to you.

Aires reviewed v1.11 on Dec 28, 2003

Can you be more specific about the error you saw (the author does read this forum). Or could you perhaps contact the author on his homepage and let him know of the error. If you let him know what the error is it will help make it a better app. (3stars 'middle of the road' rating as this post is not to rate the app).

scodan reviewed v1.11 on Dec 28, 2003

But it's OK to review multiple times if you DO plan to keep using it? OK, nice logic there. I ran this thing, then immediately decided to undo the changes and remove it. When I tried undoing my changes, it threw an error. I hadn't screwed with anything manually, and I had full privileges to the directories in question, so there is no "user error" explanation to that failure. Lame.

BootBlock reviewed v1.11 on Dec 27, 2003

Roj: Sorry if I gave the impression that you were dissing the app; that wasn't what I meant to put across. Was just saying that I don't really have much control over who submits the app to BetaNews as soon as I release it, even though it's a (my) site-only release. One more thing to BetaNews: I don't mean that BN getting releases listed the moment they're released is a bad thing, it's just that it might be a good idea to hold back if an app seems to be getting updated very regulary (for example: it personally annoys me that AdAware definitions are listed almost every other day - AND they're *only* definitions!). Although technically that kinda defeats the point.. dunno, really. Speaking of which, the next Adobe Reader Speed-Up will probably be the last release as there isn't really much I can add to it. I'll hold it back for a bit instead of just releasing it the micro-second it's done. This release is more worthwhile in that it adds support for Adobe Acrobat 3, 4.00 and 4.05, plus whatever else I/others can think up.

L06@N reviewed v1.11 on Dec 27, 2003

VERY GOOD! Before I found this little app, I did everything I could to avoid having to read/open PDF file, but now I don't mind them anymore than .txt files :-)

star51L reviewed v1.10 on Dec 27, 2003

Does exactly what is says it will do...nice tool to have.

Aires reviewed v1.10 on Dec 26, 2003

This is a very very cool 'must have' tool. I'd like to try it with Acrobat PRO to see if it works with that, but if you have Acrobat Reader installed, you really sjould try this. I hope Adobe never find out about this tool and it disappears. Most excellent and kudoes to the author for doing this.

BootBlock reviewed v1.10 on Dec 26, 2003

I haven't personally tested them, but apparently Adobe Reader Speed-Up works with all free and full versions of Acrobat 4 and 5, and Reader 6. I didn't even know Acrobat 5 had plugins, let alone Acrobat 4..

WRFan reviewed v1.10 on Dec 26, 2003

the most useful programme since the invention of windows! however: I don't have the reader, I have the full acrobat version. Does it support it? cause I've got nearly every acrobat plugin on earth and my pc takes 10 min. to load them all and eats 120 mb ram! so I removed some of the plugins from the plug_ins directory. but to do that manually is uncomfortable. I really need a prog like this one for the full version of acrobat 6

^L^ reviewed v1.10 on Dec 26, 2003

Nice and handy, I like it! ^L^

ssb reviewed v1.10 on Dec 26, 2003

Useless. You don't need a program to do that. Just rename or delete Reader's plugins you don't use.

VikingStorm reviewed v1.10 on Dec 25, 2003

Getting better, worked with my heavily laden Acrobat Pro perfectly.

TomRC reviewed v1.10 on Dec 25, 2003

Its getting better and better.
But an installer wold be the best. Just take the cool and smart nsis installer (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/site/index.php). The overhead would be approx 34 KB. and thats ok.

guti reviewed v1.10 on Dec 25, 2003

Good idea to disable plugins people do not know what they do nor use.

the_duke748 reviewed v1.10 on Dec 25, 2003

Useful app, but we use Acrobat v5.0 at work, the load up time is a real drag, does this app work with v5.0 ?

k3of4 reviewed v1.10 on Dec 24, 2003

It's not earth-shattering, but it's handy. Now if only there was one for Paint Shop Pro 8 :)

Kyle_Katarn reviewed v1.10 on Dec 24, 2003

Great app. Do what it's meant to do. For free.

rezist reviewed v1.10 on Dec 24, 2003

does what it sais, good app!

Scipio reviewed v1.10 on Dec 24, 2003

Definitely speeds things up. Time will tell if I need any of the plugins, but it works great with the pdfs I have on hand.

duffym reviewed v1.10 on Dec 24, 2003

Very good and getting better; as said earlier an install routine and description of the plugins would be very useful.

greatpotato reviewed v1.09 on Dec 23, 2003

Even on my 2.4ghz, the speed-up is great. Good job.

TomRC reviewed v1.09 on Dec 23, 2003

Great little app. Super fast statup time of the Acrobat Reader now. It should get an installation routine and description of the plugins, and than its perfect.
thanks

gpacchia reviewed v1.09 on Dec 23, 2003

I don't go to setup of speed-up
also go with your instructions speed-up not go.
Why?

scodan reviewed v1.09 on Dec 23, 2003

You can duplicate the same "functionality" with an Explorer window or even a batch file. Pardon me while I snooze...

Shadow Lord reviewed v1.09 on Dec 23, 2003

Excellent program. Does what it says and unlike some of the other one trick crap out there this one doesn't want $20.00 and is freeware.

BootBlock reviewed v1.09 on Dec 22, 2003

Have YOU tried loading various PDF files in succession? How about using Acrobat Reader on a laptop or a slow(er) PC? Please don't rate if you do not have a use for the software as it artificially impacts the overal rating, even if it's just to say that it "works".

Pimpologist reviewed v1.09 on Dec 22, 2003

The app works, but is it really needed? I mean come on... a few seconds off of loading time? big wow.

Ehrihk reviewed v1.09 on Dec 22, 2003

1.09 makes speeding up Reader even easier! The only annoyances have been fixed.

thatwaltguy reviewed v1.00 on Dec 21, 2003

A must have!

awx reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

Nice program. Two suggestions though.

It would be nice if there was a description column that listed any known info about what the plugin does and what might stop working if it is disabled.

Also, check for Read/Write privs before starting the move. Now it says file not found.

Ehrihk reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

Adobe Reader took at least eight seconds starting up but this program (using the Fast-Startup) cut it down to less than two seconds. Very easy and very impressive!!

BootBlock reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

JEdwardP: I'll add the option for specifying a backup location in the next version. You can see which plugins are retained/excluded via the checkmarks in the listview when you select a "speed-up" mode. You can also (un)check the plugins of your choice. Thanks everyone for the nice feedback!

JEdwardP reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

A nice way to automate the removal and backup of the reader's many unnecessary plug-ins. Functionally, it's a 5-star program; I rate it 4 only because I think the user should be given an option as to WHERE the backups directory is placed, and that the documentation should list what plug-ins are retained by the two pre-set "speedup modes".

Joco reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

Excellent thank you very much. It's about time. Acrobat Reader now becomes so bloated that drives me away from PDF format.

BB88 reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

very useful program. Acrobat Reader is just getting slower and slower, but this saves it!

ReuvenNY reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

I do not have the reader, I have Acrobat 6, the full program. The program seems to insist on AcroRd32.exe, which I don't have. Have no clue what to do. The concept is great.

tcmjr reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

It deserves 4 stars. Almost perfect ;)
I was wondering myself the other day about doing just this (removing the plugins , not doing the soft) , but waz to lazy to read the plugins descriptions and find out what was necessary.
What about a coment of what the plug-in do ? you could just copy over the description from reader itself.
That , and I think for it's usage , the program will be perfect.

Nilisco reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

Does exactly what it promises! Reduced my startup time from about 10 seconds to instant! Great job and keep up the wonderful work.

kaib reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

Works perfectly for me so far, speeds up Acrobat 6's start time from about 10 seconds to 3.

deanparkr reviewed v1.00 on Dec 20, 2003

A good idea, but the program cuases Abobe Acrobat 6 to have an error with the save as api each time the program starts.