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On Fri January 6 2006 22:02, + D.L. Gomez wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > Gentlemen, > > After five attempts, [The first four attempts failed when my dial-up > internet connection was interrupted, and the Free Download Manager that you > recommended was not able to Resume the download from the point of > interruption] I have finally succeeded in downloading your OpenOffice.org, > Version 2.0.1 Office Suite Program. > > That being said, I am no further ahead in my attempt to install, operate > and evaluate your program. The name of the file, as downloaded, is the > following: > > OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe > > Following the procedures in your "Installation Guide," [i.e. "Windows > Explorer users will want to find the file and double-click to launch the > Installation program...In either case, your unzip utility will start if one > is successfully installed on your system."]. I have WinZip 8.1 SR-1 utility > on my system, and it is in perfect functional condition. > > When I try double-clicking on the downloaded file in Windows Explorer, all > I get is the following error message: > > NSIS Error > The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. > This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a virus. > You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy. > It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line switch > (NOT RECOMMENDED). > > I do not pretend to be a master of computer literacy, so when I come across > an error message such as this, I simply throw my hands up in surrender. I > have had and worked with the Microsoft Office Suite for a number of years, > and have not had any of these difficulties or error messages when > installing or operating any of the programs therein, such as Word, Excel > and PowerPoint. I have also installed numerous other software programs on > my computer, and at no time have I ever received an error message telling > me that my "installer" is corrupted or incomplete. Therefore, I can only > assume that there is something wrong with the OpenOffice program file that > I downloaded directly from your Website. > > I have referred to your installation, setup and help pages, and I find > nothing that helps me overcome the problem that I described above. However, > I am quite interested in trying and evaluating your OpenOffice Program, and > would appreciate any assistance you can give me in getting it setup on my > computer. I would also be interested in obtaining the program on a CD ROM, > which perhaps would help me avoid the problems described above. > > As a matter of interest, I am operating from a Windows 98 SE platform, and > I have a Pentium III - 450 MHz Processor. As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sat January 7 2006 04:19, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 06 January 2006 17:02, D.L. Gomez wrote: > >Gentlemen, > > > >After five attempts, [The first four attempts failed when my dial-up > > internet connection was interrupted, and the Free Download Manager > > that you recommended was not able to Resume the download from the > > point of interruption] I have finally succeeded in downloading your > > OpenOffice.org, Version 2.0.1 Office Suite Program. > > > >That being said, I am no further ahead in my attempt to install, > > operate and evaluate your program. The name of the file, as > > downloaded, is the following: > > > >OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe > > > >Following the procedures in your "Installation Guide," [i.e. "Windows > > Explorer users will want to find the file and double-click to launch > > the Installation program...In either case, your unzip utility will > > start if one is successfully installed on your system."]. I have > > WinZip 8.1 SR-1 utility on my system, and it is in perfect functional > > condition. > > > >When I try double-clicking on the downloaded file in Windows Explorer, > > all I get is the following error message: > > > >NSIS Error > >The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. > >This could be the result of a damaged disk, a failed download or a > > virus. You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain > > a new copy. It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC > > command line switch (NOT RECOMMENDED). > > If you used exploder to download the file, its possible that it thought > it was a text file and did some unwanted line end conversions, > therefore trashing the file. I'm told that holding down the shift key > while clicking to initiate the download fixes this, but I have no > personal experience since I'm running linux here. But I'd use some > other program to do the download, such as firefox, which doesn't suffer > from those winduhzz agravations. I believe it can also do resumes in > the event your circuit is subject to glitches. Get it first, and use > it exclusively as its far more secure. Google for mozilla-firefox, and > don't forget to hold the shift key down when starting the download. > > And as you may have guessed, I'm not on a winduhzz machine so I don't > have those problems. > > >I do not pretend to be a master of computer literacy, so when I come > > across an error message such as this, I simply throw my hands up in > > surrender. I have had and worked with the Microsoft Office Suite for > > a number of years, and have not had any of these difficulties or > > error messages when installing or operating any of the programs > > therein, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. I have also installed > > numerous other software programs on my computer, and at no time have > > I ever received an error message telling me that my "installer" is > > corrupted or incomplete. Therefore, I can only assume that there is > > something wrong with the OpenOffice program file that I downloaded > > directly from your Website. > > Thats a safe assumption, given that you were apparently useing an M$ > utility to effect the download. > > >I have referred to your installation, setup and help pages, and I find > > nothing that helps me overcome the problem that I described above. > > However, I am quite interested in trying and evaluating your > > OpenOffice Program, and would appreciate any assistance you can give > > me in getting it setup on my computer. I would also be interested in > > obtaining the program on a CD ROM, which perhaps would help me avoid > > the problems described above. > > > >As a matter of interest, I am operating from a Windows 98 SE platform, > > and I have a Pentium III - 450 MHz Processor. > > You may be able to speed that up with additional memory. You didn't say > how much, but typically if only 64 megs is going to be using a swap > file, bringing it to glacial speeds for big apps. 256 megs or more > will make a huge difference if that motherboard can make use of it. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
