On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 11:52 -0700, Chuck Kerschner wrote: > Hi again: > > Here's the way the whole install attempt went down: > > OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_install.zip > > was downloaded to > > K:\Office Applications\OpenOffice\OOo_1.1.4_Win32Intel_install\ > > MD5SUM compared, then unzipped (Winzip 8.1) to > > F:\Downloads\Programs\Office\OpenOffice.org\OOo_Install\ > > for installation in > > C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org1.1.4 > > The Setup routine couldn't get beyond the "illegal operation" > popup, and was followed by a reboot initiated by me to get Winders > 98SE unscrambled.
Did you disable you virus scanner during the install? Was there an earlier version installed and is the quickstarter for that release disabled? The above may cause the problem you are seeing. Beyond this you will have to depend on the Windows users on the list as I do not have a W98SE box on which to test. > > This was done twice, using downloads from different download > locations just in case, even though the MD5SUMs were the same. > > At this point I'm wondering if I shouldn't just wait for a "stable" > OOo_2 and then start learning the program. I don't use Macrocrap > ANYTHING any more than absolutely necessary, and most of what I > do have is in Info Select (mostly .txt & some HTML), formatted > stuff in WordPro, and spreadsheets in Early 123 (Lotus 123 v2.4 for > DOS for my HP200LX and Lotus 123 v5 for the desktop), NONE of which > will import/export (both directions) in OOo. > > Even Lotus 123 v9 totally screws my spreadsheets - doesn't execute > macros properly and hashes range names - and I don't see how to > make a macro work in OOo at all. > > I'm finding the whole thing a bit discouraging. > > Chuck > > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:05:28 -0700, Chuck Kerschner wrote: > > > > > >>Hi: > >> > >>Already did the MD5 thing -- file was verified as O.K. > >> > >>Chuck > >> > > > > That is good news. I have a couple of questions though: > > 1. Did you unpack to disk or try installing from winzip or whatever > > unpacker you use? > > 2. If the latter, do the former > > 3. If the former, then its time to make an issue. > > > > > >>norman jacobs wrote: > >> > >>>CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Thursday 09 June 2005 > >>>22:16, Chuck Kerschner wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Setup 1.1.4 "Illegal operation" in Win98SE > >>>> > >>>>OpenOffice 1.1.4 > >>>> > >>>>OOo 1.1.0 was running just fine; I decided to upgrade to 1.1.4 and got > >>>>the following error message consistently when the Setup file tried to > >>>>do its thing. It never got to any configuration dialogs: > >>> > >>> > >>>[snip] > >>> > >>> > >>>>I have since upgraded (again) to OOo_1.1.0 but still would like to get > >>>>version 1.1.4 to install. Thus far files downloaded from two sources > >>>>have given the same (non)-result. Failures are consistent and > >>>>repeatable. > >>> > >>> > >>>It may be a good idea to verify that the file you have downloaded is a > >>>valid file. You can do this using the MD5SUM utility as described on > >>>the download page. > >>> > [snip] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
