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Monthly I pull up Illinois Department of Revenue for municipal sales tax distribution. 2016 and all other older amounts come up gibberish and cannot pull up information I need. Checked with Illinois Revenue and site is working.

Monthly I pull up Illinois Department of Revenue for municipal sales tax distribution. 2016 and all other older amounts come up gibberish and cannot pull up information I need. Checked with Illinois Revenue and site is working.

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Is this information in a web page or in a PDF document?

If it is a web page, please see cor-el's earlier suggestions.

If it's a PDF document, try using a different viewer in Firefox or using an external application to view the PDF. This article has more information on how to change your PDF viewer setting: View PDF files using Firefox’s built-in viewer.

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You can try these steps in case of issues with web pages:

You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)

Clear the Cache and remove the Cookies from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove the Cookies" from websites that cause problems:

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (3-bar Menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: 3-bar Menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support to see if that has effect in case security software is causing problems.

தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

Is this information in a web page or in a PDF document?

If it is a web page, please see cor-el's earlier suggestions.

If it's a PDF document, try using a different viewer in Firefox or using an external application to view the PDF. This article has more information on how to change your PDF viewer setting: View PDF files using Firefox’s built-in viewer.