2009/3/4 Richard <[email protected]> > Graham Bowden wrote: > >> In the spirit of co operation that will make OOo the strongest software - >> please enlighten us on the registry changes you made and their effect so >> that all using this forum may benefit. >> >> Many thanks >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Henri Day" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [users] Solved >> >> >> 2009/3/3 Richard <[email protected]> >> >> Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >>> >>> OOo3 is the worst version ever and like Netscape ver 4 a complete >>>> disaster >>>> >>>>> that will loose countless users and loyal supporters. >>>>>> I am officially removing OOo 3 from my office 7 machines, I have used >>>>>> OOo since ver 1 but can no longer support its very slow operation, my >>>>>> staff >>>>>> are complaining bitterly and this is despite upgrades in PC's etc., It >>>>>> appears no one is capable of answering the reasons for the slow and >>>>>> unacceptable speeds of opening and closing a file from a file server. >>>>>> Let all be warned, this ver 3 is a step backwards and mso is becoming >>>>>> more and more attractive despite its cost as time saved relates to >>>>>> money >>>>>> saved. >>>>>> >>>>>> The issues I raise are genuine, and frankly this news room has never >>>>> solved any major issues I have ever had, you don't provide answers, >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Remember the parable of the college student who had one horrible >>>> room-mate after another, she couldn't get along with any of them. In >>>> every situation what [or who] was the common denominator? >>>> >>>> because there is no solution or you simply do not know, you are the >>>> AH's >>>> >>>>> for not accepting there is a problem and burying your heads in the >>>>> sand. >>>>> Frustration certainly, and I wonder how many of you have used OOo as >>>>> long >>>>> as I have and how many of you use it in an environment such as mine >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I've used it long enough that I paid a German company for my first copy. >>>> >>>> and not just on a single machine? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I've got quite a few users who use it, and not just on a LAN, but over a >>>> WAN that spans three states. >>>> >>>> I have been a champion of OOo for more years than most of you have even >>>>> used the programme. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> (a) You have no idea how long anyone here has been using OOo. I've been >>>> using StarOffice for years before there was an OpenOffice. In 2007 your >>>> first post stated you'd been using OOo for 4 - 5 years. That means you >>>> started in late 2001 at the earliest; I assure you there are *many* >>>> people here who have been using SO/OOo for much longer [like a decade!] >>>> than you. It is interesting that your post then was about exactly the >>>> issue you are complaining about now. >>>> (b) Claiming to be a champion is always in poor taste. A simple Google >>>> search of your e-mail address provides no evidence of such. And nearly >>>> every single one of your messages is unequivocally negative. Your >>>> frequent use of profanity doesn't help the case. >>>> >>>> There are serious issues with OOo 3 and that's a fact and NOT ONE OF >>>> THE >>>> >>>>> AH's REPLYING HERE CAN GIVE ME AN ANSWER AS TO WHY IT SAVES SLOW ONTO A >>>>> FILE >>>>> SERVER and OPENS SLOW FROM A FILE SERVER. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> (a) Why would I even try? Your coming across as an angry jerk. Pay me >>>> and I might consider putting up with that. For free? No way. >>>> >>>> <constructive and technical> >>>> (b) what diagnostics have you tried? Did you analyze the traffic to see >>>> what was going on? Listing the files open on a fileserver is very >>>> trivial admin stuff, and a good place to start. You've provided nothing >>>> concrete enough to make even the wildest guess. If it is a Samba server >>>> just do an "smbstatus" and it will list open files. Also wireshark, or >>>> even etherape, will provide a nice picture of what is going on on the >>>> wire. I'd suspect this is much more likely to be a network >>>> configuration issue than an application issue. Different applications >>>> can respond quite differently to subtle network configuration issues - >>>> the fact that you perceive MSO as faster doesn't help [it might just be >>>> shuttling some task into a background thread and generating even more >>>> network I/O than OOo for all we know - unless you check]. >>>> </constructive and technical> >>>> >>>> (c) Obviously not everyone is having your problem which means the issue >>>> is probably local to your configuration. See (b) that anyone would need >>>> real information in order to help you. >>>> >>>> MSO on the other hand is fast, same size and type of files, same file >>>> >>>>> server and same workstations! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> "Pay me and I might consider putting up with that" you have no idea >>> what >>> the problem is hot shot, cause if you did, you would show off about it >>> here. >>> I am very computer literate and as clearly, only a lot of wind was being >>> blown here I have in fact, discovered a fix, the file server has remained >>> unchanged for years and it is OOo specific as word does not behave in the >>> same manner and after a few changes to the registry I have changed the >>> open, >>> auto saving, saving and closing of the OOo files to "instant" over the >>> network, the reg changes though, should not have needed to have been made >>> and are certainly not at user level. >>> >> >> >> This thread may possibly have been amusing initially, but didn't it lose >> its >> fraîcheur quite some time ago ? Perhaps we can let it die a natural death >> ?... >> >> Henri >> > > Nobody else is having the problem remember, so this must be specific to me?
Hard to say in my case. You mentioned changing thins in ”the registry”. I don't know of any registry, so maybe this is only a problem for Windows users (but of course I don't have a clue). J.R. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
