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Adobe download pages do not load properly

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Hi all

I have trouble downloading any adobe software through Firefox. More precisely, the download pages from Adobe (such as https://get.adobe.com/reader/ for the Adobe Reader) do not load properly, see attachment. Same problem exists for other adobe download pages e.g. for flash player (which I have now installed via the firefox addon direct link). I have no issues with Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. I am using Windows 10 (64 bit) and Firefox 56.0.1 (64-bit).

I have not had issues with any other webpages so far.

Additional, when clicking on any of the links on that page, I receive a SEC_ERROR_OCSP_INVALID_SIGNING_CERT error, not sure if that is linked.

Hi all I have trouble downloading any adobe software through Firefox. More precisely, the download pages from Adobe (such as https://get.adobe.com/reader/ for the Adobe Reader) do not load properly, see attachment. Same problem exists for other adobe download pages e.g. for flash player (which I have now installed via the firefox addon direct link). I have no issues with Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. I am using Windows 10 (64 bit) and Firefox 56.0.1 (64-bit). I have not had issues with any other webpages so far. Additional, when clicking on any of the links on that page, I receive a SEC_ERROR_OCSP_INVALID_SIGNING_CERT error, not sure if that is linked.

Chosen solution

Thank you, the hardware acceleration setting was the issue! After disabling it, the page loaded correctly.

I thought I had attached a screenshot, somehow did not get uploaded. Added for reference. The attachment shows what the webpage looked with hardware acceleration enabled.

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Chosen Solution

Thank you, the hardware acceleration setting was the issue! After disabling it, the page loaded correctly.

I thought I had attached a screenshot, somehow did not get uploaded. Added for reference. The attachment shows what the webpage looked with hardware acceleration enabled.

Modified by John1136