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 Foxit PDF Reader - open up PDF's faster 
The last few versions of Adobe Reader are well know for being slow to load. The Foxit reader is much faster and it's a simple download and unzip to install. I made the switch to it one day last week and I was able to forget I had done it. I don't miss the Adobe product. Thanks to my wife and Mike at Temerc for suggesting I try this one out.

Tip: Unzip the pdfrd.zip into a new folder in an area where you want to keep it at before you run it the first time (like C:\Program Files\FoxitReader). When you run the reader it automatically makes itself the default PDF reader. This isn't really a good feature and could cause problems. Go to their forum if you do have any problems.

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Quote from the website - Foxit PDF Reader is small (the download size less than 1MB), so you can download it quickly. It doesn't need any lengthy installation, so you can start to run it as soon as you can download it. And it starts up immediately, so you don't need to wait the annoying "Welcome" screen to disappear. ... runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003. It is provided by Foxit Software Company for free non-commercial use.
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