Thank you, Roderick, I downloaded and ran the Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows 98 and was informed that the "specified service already exists"
I don't know how to watch for folding. - David ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Installer corrupted or incomplete On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 18:33 -0500, David Scrimshaw (home) wrote: > I have downloaded 5 versions of OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install.exe from > different locations today, using IE6.0 and Firefox 1.07 on a Windows98SE > machine. > > Every time I try to install OO, I get an error telling me the installer is > corrupted or incomplete, and suggesting (but not recommending) that I could > try skipping the check with the /NCRC tag. > > I've looked in the forums and seen that others have had this problem. > They've been told to check the MD5sums. I did this. Yes, the MD5sums don't > match. > > Even on my broadband connection, I don't want to have try this download > again and again. So I tried running the installer with the /NCRC switch. > > This moved the process much further along, but eventually, I was told that > the cabinet file openofficeorg1.cab was corrupted. Even choosing "ignore" > the installation would not complete. > > I've successfully downloaded and installed other (but smaller) software > today, so perhaps the problem is not at my end. > > - David Scrimshaw Have you updated MSI on your system? I found one upgrade and there are likely more at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=CEBBACD8-C094-4255-B702-DE3BB768148F and watch for folding. -- 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]
