Yes if you consider Adobe to be the devil. It has been so long since I disabled this provision that I do not recall how to do it, but you can disable it from one of the preferences files, I believe. Adobe always said it was updating my files, but I could not have that much new information for them. The suspicion is that they download what you do with Photoshop incase someone has found some new and unique ways of using PS. gc
This happens occasionally to me also. No luck so far in disabling whatever "feature" is causing it. Hope someone has an answer.
I don't use CS, but what Alan describes is what I was referring to. I did this over two years ago, and I have never had the problem since. It was most irritating. gc
This has been happening to me for awhile. Every now and then, it
gets really persistent and opens about a dozen web browsers at the
same time.
A while back, I searched for a solution, but didn't have any luck.
Of course, I didn't really know how to phrase my search keywords.
I think I searched for help on "Help." After reading your post, I
now realize we should search for help on "possession."
Northernlights and Cliffhanger, I've noticed it seems to happen
when I'm using my Wacom tablet. Do you happen to be using a tablet
too? Also, I don't recall this happening before I made Mozilla
Firefox my default browser. Any similarities?
Alan, do you happen to know the equivalent "Adobe Online" command
in CS? And are you and GCam sure we're talking about the same
problem? I remember PS7 connecting to the Internet, but it never
opened up its help file in a browser.
I solved the problem by setting my firewall to block PS from getting online. Now I can't get into the Help file directly from within PS, so I had to create a shortcut on my desktop.
I use zone alarm firewall,and have set it up so that it blocks PS from connecting to the internet.
