For starters, here was the problem:
I keep getting this error message when trying to install the Open Office.org 
2.0.4 
package.


"The file C:\Documents and Settings\owner\Desktop\OpenOffice.org 2.0 
Installation 
Files\openoffice.ort20.msi" is not a valid installation package for the product 
Openoffic.org 2.0. Try to find the installation package "openoffice.org20.msi" 
in a folder 
from which you can install Oopen Office.org 2.0"

But I am pointing it to the "openoffice.org20.msi" in the folder 
"OpenOffice.org 2.0 
Installation Files" which the file I clicked that I downloaded from the 
internet put on my 
Desktop.

When I finally click "cancel", I get error 1714 saying "Open Office cannot be 
removed.  
Contact your technical support team"  If I need to uninstall the open office 
version I have 
on my computer now (2.0.2) before I install this newer version,((2.0.4) what if 
the same 
thing happens?   I'm a bit nervous about doing that because I may  lose my 
processor altogether.

Thanks for your help,
Angie


Anyhow, lots of people read it cause I got a bunch of read receipts in my 
Outlook Express, but I did not get any replies.   So I had to figure it out 
myself.  Maybe this will be of help to someone else.   (The key to me was the 
part in the error message saying: "open office cannot be removed".)  So I got 
the idea that: in order to install a newer version of Open Office, I have to 
remove the old install.  But, when it tried to remove it, I got the same error 
message.  So I realized that it was the msi from the old install that Windows 
was asking for.  So I downloaded the older version again, opened it and it 
installed the Installation package on my desktop and I was then able to 
uninstall the older version.  Then I installed the new version without any 
problems.

Angie

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