On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 00:56 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Thursday 25 August 2005 17:30, Scott Mayo wrote: > > Most of my machines have been Windows 98, but more and more are becoming > > XP. From reading the setup, it looks like I have to do a network > > install, and then, every user that logs onto the computer will have to > > install OpenOffice 1.1.4. Is this correct? > > > > I had installed it with my 'setup' user and then copied that profile to > > the default user. This seems to work, except for new users actually > > have to open up OpenOffice and then open the file. They cannot just > > double click a file, because it does not have anything associated with it. > > > > Is there anyway to get past having every user to run the install? This > > could cause me a lot of problems, since my lab computers have some > > hardware that resets the computer everytime it reboots. This would mean > > that each user would have to run the setup program everyday that they > > log in. > > > > Does the new version also work this way? > > Have a look at http://installation.openoffice.org - especially for a > "response" file which can be used during install to make it invisible (i.e. > have the user give no input during install ). >
A OOo specific response file guide is available from http://documentation.openoffice.org/ in the HOW-TOs rather than depending on the old StarOffice5.2 doc on installation. -- 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]
