Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> NoOp wrote: >>>> On 01/28/2009 06:36 PM, NoOp wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 01/28/2009 06:33 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >>>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>>> Another data point: I just installed 3.0.1 on a WinXP machine >>>>>> that had 3.0 installed, and it did NOT ask me to reboot. I >>>>>> also used the without-JRE version. Same build info as yours. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmm, let's see, this is WinXPProSP3 (can't recall if we've >>>>>> mentioned which SP before). >>>>>> >>>>> Same here: MS WinXPPro Version 2002 SP3. No clue. Just for >>>>> grins I'm going to do the same on another identical system. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Second machine required no reboot. Heck if I know what the >>>> difference might have been. This second on had >>>> OOO300m8(Build:9357) on it & the install appeared as normal (user >>>> dialog etc). >>>> >>> >>> Today, I installed it on XP SP3 and it said I had to reboot to >>> start using the new version. >>> >> >> A few minutes ago I installed OOo3.0.1 on a third machine (this one >> running WinXP Home SP3) and this time I had to reboot. OOo3.0.0 had >> been previously installed. > > Using XP Pro SP3 and Win2K I did *NOT* have to reboot either. Possible > significant pointers were: > 1) non-Java version > 2) Un-installed 3.0.0 first > 3) The pre-installed Java version was 1.6.0_11 > > From the above the problem appears to be related to Java and quite > likely the version of the same. The version bundled with OOo 3.0.1 is > significantly older - I think it is 1.6.0_7 - and there may be a > conflict provoking the reboot request. > > Whatever the cause, the above procedure would appear to be fireproof. :-) >
I installed the version without Java and it wanted to be rebooted. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
