# Acrobat reader is making it impossible for my computer to conncet to my TV properly?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrobat-reader-is-making-it-impossible-for-my-computer-to-conncet-to-my-tv-properly/132408 "2002-10-15T22:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrobat-reader-is-making-it-impossible-for-my-computer-to-conncet-to-my-tv-properly/132408/1 "2002-10-15T22:31:17Z")

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Why is acrobat reader making it so that my television can’t clone to my computer screen? I’ve downloaded all the new drivers but they don’t change it.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrobat-reader-is-making-it-impossible-for-my-computer-to-conncet-to-my-tv-properly/132408/2 "2002-10-15T23:07:58Z")

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Could you be more specific ?

What are you trying to do ? What is happening instead ?  
When does this happen ?  
How do you figure Acrobat Reader has anything to do with it ?  
What OS are you running ?  
What video card does your comp. use ?  
What kind of comp. is it ?  
What drivers have you downloaded ? What don’t they change ?

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrobat-reader-is-making-it-impossible-for-my-computer-to-conncet-to-my-tv-properly/132408/3 "2002-10-16T15:47:57Z")

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If that’s the case, you can always deinstall Acrobat Reader to see if your TV can clone to your computer.

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrobat-reader-is-making-it-impossible-for-my-computer-to-conncet-to-my-tv-properly/132408/4 "2002-10-16T17:02:53Z")

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One more all-important question to add to the excellent ones **xash** posted:

Do you get an error message? Please type it in word-for-word, if possible.