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 To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk