-=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download

  • From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:26:32 -0400

The download may be corrupted.  Try downloading it again.  Start the 
download and then go have lunch.

Tom

Cris wrote:

> ok - now this is getting rediculous - 
> I clicked on the exe, and I got a pop up square saying "archive is not 
> supported". 
> that's as far as I got with trying to install it. 
> Cris
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: T. Hunt 
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:01 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download
> 
> Cris-
> 
> The download speed is dependent of every bit of the connection between 
> your system and the server holding the file, including the speed of the 
> server.  If the server is slow or overwhelmed, then your download will 
> be slow or slower than normal.
> 
> That file:  OOo_1.1.2_win32Intel_install.zip is the correct one if you 
> have an unZip utility.  If not, then download the 
> OOo_1.1.2_win32Intel_install.exe instead.  It will take longer but you 
> won't have to bother with unzipping the file.
> 
> I tried the multiple install on XP the other day and it works.  Each 
> time a different user opens OOo, they are asked for their personal info, 
> so each user gets a customized version.  But you have to be familiar 
> with working at the command prompt to do this.  If not, there is another 
> way to make OOo available to everyone:
> 
> Log on to the system using an account with admin rights.  Install OOo 
> but don't fill out any of the personal info when asked, just click Next 
> and move on.  Once OOo is installed, go to the Documents and Settings 
> folder and find the user that installed OOo.  Open the Start Menu> 
> Programs>OpenOffice.org 1.1.? folder and create a shortcut to the 
> executable for OOo and copy it to the same location under the All Users 
> folder.  If you want the Startup icon in everyone's taskbar, go to the 
> Startup folder under Programs and make a short cut to 
> OpenOffice.org1.1.0 and paste it in the Startup folder under All Users.
> 
> Working at the command prompt can be a pain and if you're not familiar 
> with it, well nigh useless.
> 
> HTH  Tom
> 
> Cris wrote:
> 
> 
>>Thanks Dave!
>>ok - I just went back to open office to download it. 1.1.3 is now the most 
>>stable release. Interesting. 
>>I clicked on the link to download, and it actually just started a download 
>>and gave me an exe file this time - amazing! LOL none of those lists to 
>>choose from - or a zip file! 
>>(but it says it will take 50 minutes to download it - so I'll see what 
>>happens. Now it says it will take over an hour to download!! It's 45 mb - I 
>>don't think it should take that long - it says it's transferring at 10.6 
>>kb/sec. I'm on a cable modem, and downloads usually download really fast)
>>Just before my computer automatically re-booted itself, it popped up and said 
>>my connection to the internet wasn't responding in my e-mail. Wondering if 
>>they are having a problem. Everything seems to be really slow - even opening 
>>web pages. 
>>so - If it downloads! - should I just install it - and then you think I can 
>>get it to work on all of the screen names, right? 
>>Cris
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: David F. Wooledge 
>>To: @freelistts PCTechTalk 
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:51 AM
>>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download
>>
>>
>>Cris, go back to the open office org site and get the .exe file for Windows.  
>>It will install the program for you.  The Intel means an Intel or similar 
>>chip.  Your athalon chip is ok to use with a file made for Intel chips.  A 
>>chip from IBM (Power something or other), Sun (SPARC??), Apple ( I think they 
>>still use a chip made by Motorola), H-P (like the Alpha chips from the 
>>Digital Equipment Corp, that Compaq bought out, that H-P bought out).  You 
>>want to make it simple; get the .exe file.  It might be called a 
>>self-extracting installer.  Just be sure to get the one for Windows.  I like 
>>OpenOffice.org.
>> 
>>Dave
>>------------------------------
>>From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download
>>Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:55:52 -0400
>>
>>I was trying to follow the directions they gave on how to install with the 
>>command prompt. It said to put the file path in to the exe. That is what 
>>didn't 
>>work! I unzipped it - there are 503 FILES including an exe file. My file that 
>>I 
>>downloaded is called: 
>>OOo_1.1.2_win32Intel_install.zip
>>now - I just had another thought and question - what does INTEL have to do 
>>with 
>>this? 
>>I don't have an intel chip on here - I have an athalon chip. Does that make a 
>>difference? 
>>I found another set of directions, in their forums, on how to install it for 
>>mulitple users. 
>>http://www.edafe.org/openoffice.html#win
>>
>>Cris

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