It sounds to me like you have an illegal version of Microsoft Windows on your computer. This is a wild stab at reading between the lines of your text (alternatively you have an illegal or expired trial version of Microsoft Office on your computer) I am prepared to help but perhaps not exactly as you would like. See replies below, between the points of your email:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:19:17 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by JOHN POLKO to my mailbox: > Hello all: > My reason for sending the message that I did send was to find as many > members as possible to help me if they were able. I have been > blacklisted by Microsoft. Point 1 which makes me think you have illegal software. > I purchased my computer as a used computer and paid only $200.00 for > it. Microsoft wants me to pay 199.00 for new software, Point 2 which makes me think you have illegal software. > ... which is out of the question form me financially. If you do have illegal software they may take you to court which would probably result in a fine of tens of thousands of dollars. > In fact even if I could, I wouldn't pay that price for any new > software regardless of it source. I received the info to access the > e-page of openoffic.org from one of the techs. at my internet > provider. He was probably fobbing you off, if as per my suspicions, you have illegal software on your computer. > I guess that my questions are > 1) can I get free software from OO; Yes, but probably not what you want. I recommend you look to your nearest local Linux User Group (LUG). Linux is free software (both in cost and freedom terms) which replaces all that nasty Microsoft stuff on your computer and doesn't stop working if you don't pay. Your local LUG will help you install it on your computer, probably for free. I'm going to take a further wild stab and say you are in Canada. Your nearest LUG may be listed here: http://www.linux.org/groups/canada/ other countries here: http://www.linux.org/groups/ > 2) if I can get software from OO, then how do I go about it. OppenOffice.org is one program. It is freely available with most normal linux distributions anyway. It can also be downloaded from www.openoffice.org 3) how do I install it It will be installed when Linux is installed. > (I'm all thumbs when it comes to compuers), and finally how can I > remove the pop-up that comes up regularly and also how can I get rid > of the permanent window that comes up whenever I am online. Insufficient information to answer this. If you install linux as per the above this will no longer happen. > P.S. One final thing that comes to mind is that Microsoft seems to > have slowed down my server by about 33%. You have a $200 computer and you are complaining about a slow server? A "real" server is a $3,000+ specialist hardware computer running dedicated software. My guess is you are really talking about your internet connection speed. Not enough information to really know if my guess is right. ******* This is a mailing list providing help for OpenOffice.org. As a mailing list there are some rules you should familiarise yourself with. THREADING There are a lot of emails on a lot of topics on this list (having joined the list you will get all these emails). People keep the large number of emails ordered in their email client (email program) by threading. This is where the email client sorts the emails by who replied to which email. Some email clients allow you to ignore replies to a thread in which you have no interest. Your email was a reply to a particularly long email discussion which many people have lost interest in, so many that may be able to help you are no longer watching the thread. You would therefore get a lot less help. To prevent this issue, when you ask a question do not reply to another question; instead, compose a brand new email. SUBJECT LINE The subject line of the email is the first information people read about your issue. Your issue has nothing to do with "Responding to unsubscribed posters". Make the subject line of a question as relevant as you can while keeping it brief. CONTENT Provide as much relevant information as you can. I have had to take several wild stabs at helping you because of information i do not know. Here is some good advice about asking questions on mailing lists the smart way: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html In particular you could have told us: Which version of Microsoft Windows you have. Which program is popping up error messages. Quote exactly what the error message says. Exactly what you do before the error message pops up. COMPUTERS Most people buy a computer (especially their first) on the false impression that they are an easy tool to learn. Yet without adequate training many do not even understand Copy and Paste properly. You may not be in this category... but realise this:- If they are a simple tool why do the blokes that come and fix your computer do a three year degree course just to get started? HTH -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
