Slow PDF Viewer Plug-In

My supervisor has a brand new computer with good specs, running Windows 7. It has the newest version of Internet Explorer 9 and Adobe Reader XI. When she clicks on a pdf in IE9, it takes maybe one full minute for it to open. This is regardless of the file size or number of pages. Then if she clicks the Print icon, it takes maybe another 15 seconds for the print window to open. When she is finally able to click the OK button to print, it still takes another 30 seconds to reach the print queue.
I saw online that you can go into Adobe Reader under "Edit> Preferences> Internet> uncheck "Display PDF in browser" and PDF files will then open in Adobe Reader, not Internet Explorer. When I did this, they still opened in IE9. And to be honest, Adobe Reader XI (not the plug-in) seems to be running a little slow also.
Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Check the system for virii and spyware. If the system is clesn temporarily turn off the virus protection and see if the behavior changes.

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Try the version posted here:
Blaq Blog - Firefox 4 Mac PDF Solution:
* http://www.blaqapp.com/blog/110329-Firefox-4-Mac-PDF-Solution
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*Add-on Compatibility Reporter: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

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So, just what is wrong with Adobe? Shouldn't this be a no-brainer?

EEE! All right! Good-bye Adobe! I found a very good working option -- no plug in required!:
http://www.docufarm.com/ (Can't find it through mozilla, but I did a virus scan before I downloaded it, and it was clean (you should always do that)). An explanation as to how it works is located at
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/05/preview-documents-with-docufarm.html
Three problems with the PDF Browser Plug-In:
(1) Limited features -- cannot search within the document
You can direct the plug-in to use Adobe (or other viewer) to open, but then the document is downloaded which belays the whole point of having the plug-in...
(2) Scrolling issues (minor, I could live with it, but it is annoying): using the scrollbar tends to break the display and you have to reload the document
(3) PDF Browser Plug-In does not work directly with Mac Intel (must run Rosetta) -- this is an issue since I'm about to upgrade my powerbook...
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Hello,
Since Yosemite Beta, Safari makes viewing PDF very slow. I don't have the problem if I download the PDF and use Preview app.
I have a rMBP late 2013 i7 16GB. It's even slow when having a few pages open. Firefox doesn't have this problem.
Also it seems that randomly Safari starts to use the discrete graphics.
This is very very very annoying.
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@spyder90230, Apple does not read this forum, please leave a comment here:
Let Apple now about this issue:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Hopefully if enough people report it it will be eventually fixed.
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Try installing
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/
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I want to uninstall Acrobat reader. I got support in the community to access my HD and to send to trash the internet plugs in for PDF viewer, but when I try to download a PDF from internet a black screen appears and preview doesn't open

Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
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The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can also interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it as well, if it's present.
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~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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http://adoreum.com/magazine/
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* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
'''If Firefox is not running,''' you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
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;[[Image:SafeMode-Fx35]]
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