On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 17:49:35 +0100 Hélio Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello. My name is Hélio. I am a long-time user of OpenOffice and love the > software. I wish to continue using it, but, unfortunately, I've been having > this problem for a while (over 8 months), and it's really getting on my > nerves. > > > Long story short, saving any file, regardless of size, takes several (5-10) > seconds. This is quite annoying, as I save very often (I write a lot, and I > don't want to risk losing any of my work). > > I'm using Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1, as I couldn't even get the 4.1.0 to run > (after opening anything, it would crash and never open anything ever again > unless I reinstalled it, restarting the cycle all over again). > I believe this started when I switched from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1. > > This is not an antivirus issue. I have disabled my antivirus, and the issue > remains. I have tried disconnecting from the Internet (I searched for a > solution and this was one of them). I have tried changing the "My > Documents" folder path on OpenOffice. I have tried resetting my profile (in > fact, I deleted the whole thing back when I couldn't get the 4.1.0 to run a > couple of days ago). I tried disabling hardware acceleration (I recalled > some programs that had an issue with this and decided to try it just for > the sake of it). My computer is custom-built, with 8 GB DDR3 of RAM, an > internal 500GB HDD, another, external, 1TB HDD's, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.4 GHz, > and (not that I think it matters, but I'm no software savvy) an NVIDIA > GeForce GTX 770 graphics card. > Short of getting a new OS, I think I've tried just about everything, or at > least everything I could find. Nothing works. The files are tiny. My > largest file is 55KB. > > If you could find a solution for this problem, I'd be very grateful. > > > To summarize, so that you don't have to go through my email several times > and write everything down, here are my specs and the version of OpenOffice > writer I'm using, as well as things I've tried, and some additional > information: > OS: Windows 8.1 > RAM: 8 GB DDR3 > Internal HDD: 500GB > External HDD: 1TB > CPU: i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz > Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 > Program I'm having trouble with: Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 > > Things I have tried: > Disabling antivirus > Resetting OpenOffice profile > Disabling hardware acceleration on OpenOffice > Changing the path to "My Documents" on OpenOffice > Disconnecting my computer from the Internet > > Additional information: > File size is irrelevant; largest file is 55KB. All files take about the > same time to save: 5-10 seconds > > > Thank you in advance for your time. > > > PS: In case anyone has any problems with something that also prevented me, > at first, from making the upgrade from OpenOffice 3.4.1, I believe, to > 4.0.1, here's some info about that: although I ran the unpacker as an > administrator, for some reason, the unpacker could not write there. I don't > know whether it was because the unpacker was on the external HDD or not. > The solution was to change the unpacking directory to one on the external > HDD (which, by default, doesn't require administrator access for anything). 270KB file (text) in 3 seconds on a middle specification machine. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
