One thing I would try, get just the JRE, the java instal seperate.
I'm not were I can get the links, but it's on the requirements page on openoffice.org If you can install that without problem, then proceed with the oo2.0.1(without JRE) install. good luck Let us know how it goes. Michael On 5/23/06, Jan Wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am attempting to install OpenOffice.org on a Windows XP system, but setup.exe is consistently crashing on me. The system runs Windows XP Home Edition, Version 5.1 Service Pack 2. It has Norton Anti-virus installed. No version of Openoffice has ever been installed on this machine. It's my kid's computer and has mostly been used to run things like "JumpStart Preschool", but they're arriving at an age where word processing would be useful. I downloaded OOo_2.0.2_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe. When this is executed, it verifies successfully and unpacks the install folder on the desktop just fine. Then it seems to run setup.exe from the install folder, and I get a little window saying "Windows Installer - Preparing to install". After a short time, I get a crash pop-up. "msiexec.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" with the usual options of sending mail to Microsoft. If I request details, I get this info: szAppName: msiexec.exe szAppVer: 3.1.4000.1823 szModName: unknown szModVer: 0.0.0.0 offset: 00000000 A minute later a second crash box pops up also from msiexec.exe. This has slightly different info: -- Night Magicks @}-,-`---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] A stupid saying coming here soon.
