I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs. https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
On Wed, 9/23/2026 4:05 PM, crasso@nycap.rr.com wrote:
I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs.
https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/ >>
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/
I got a zero byte file. How about you ?
Adobe Acrobat should say something spicy if offered a zero byte file.
http://puzzles.freedailycrosswords.com/August/LA-Times/31-08-2014.pdf
^^^^
You should be checking the size on these example files.
File not downloaded: Potential security risk.
The download is offered over HTTP even though the current document was
delivered over a secure HTTPS connection. If you proceed, the download
may be corrupted or tampered with during the download process.
You can search for an alternate download source or try again later.
And if changing the URL of the PDF to an https:// one, it *still* fails,
as the certificates on that site are not valid for the URL.
Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN ( as it is really a s3.amazonaws.com server )
That turns this into a Computer Science exam, instead of a crossword puzzle :-)
Two puzzles in one. Great. And did I mention it was Free ?
A less sophisticated browser, won't throw up quite as many barriers
to a good time.
Even if you used a wget or a curl, it should still fall into all of
these traps. I don't think, necessarily, you can dodge your way
out of it that way. It will likely take an older software, to accept
things as it finds them. Use a too-modern tool, it will throw up
these ridiculous strawmen scenarios it makes up.
Paul
I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs. https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
crasso@nycap.rr.com wrote:
I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs.
https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/ >>
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
Nice cross word. Thanks for the link. The file downloaded without any >problems. I do not have or want anything Adobe. I use Foxit 2.2 and
PDF Exchange 2.5 in Win 7. Both work well for me.
On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:01:04 -0500, Paul in Houston TX
<Paul@Houston.Texas> wrote:
crasso@nycap.rr.com wrote:
I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs.
https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/ >>>
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
Nice cross word. Thanks for the link. The file downloaded without any >>problems. I do not have or want anything Adobe. I use Foxit 2.2 and
PDF Exchange 2.5 in Win 7. Both work well for me.
What did you use to download the pdf? My Firefox(115.25.0esr (64-bit))
barfs on it in Win7.
What did you use to download the pdf? My Firefox(115.25.0esr (64-bit))
barfs on it in Win7.
On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:32:34 -0400, crasso@nycap.rr.com wrote:
On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:01:04 -0500, Paul in Houston TX
<Paul@Houston.Texas> wrote:
crasso@nycap.rr.com wrote:
I like LA Times archived crosswords- pdfs.
https://freedailycrosswords.com/printable-la-times-crosswords-august-2014/ >>>>
I downloaded them (to my hard drive) thru Firefox in my 32bit WinXp
and print them out. Recently I tried d/l one in 64bit Win7. When I
tried to print them Adobe Acrobat could not read them. Booted back
into xp. D/l from xp and Acrobat can read them in both xp and Win7.
Why can't I d/l them in Win7 so they work?
Nice cross word. Thanks for the link. The file downloaded without any
problems. I do not have or want anything Adobe. I use Foxit 2.2 and
PDF Exchange 2.5 in Win 7. Both work well for me.
What did you use to download the pdf? My Firefox(115.25.0esr (64-bit))
barfs on it in Win7.
Never mind, figured it out: DISPLAY the pdf in Firefox then Save as a
page. I'd always RH clicked on link and Save Link. That messes up in
Win7
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