MHR wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:56 PM, JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote: >>> This only happens during the first load in a while - probably until >>> the cache for its pages clear, or it may be going out on the web to >>> check for updates, though this seems to take a long time. >> Check the settings for adobe because honestly I had to change mine! >> the cache settings i think for adobe reading pages ahead into memory. >> > > I wondered about that, but: > > 1) I haven't been able to find a setting for that in the 8+ versions of AR, and > > 2) this was a 2-page document - how could it be dead for 22 seconds > just to read ahead one page? Put a network sniffer on it. That may be when it calls home to check for updates. Bob McConnell N2SPP