Roger Pye <pyewood <at> pcug.org.au> writes: > > I have used Open Office on my home system for a number of years and > about 2 months ago downloaded V 2.1 to upgrade V 2.0. I realised about 3 > weeks after the download it was not an upgrade as such but a whole new > program. As soon as I began using OO Writer (effectively the same day as > the download) it would run OK for about 30 mins and then my CPU would go > to 100% usage and the whole system would lock up (forcing a crash). > Usually I was running a number of other software programs as well as > Windows XP Home Edition at the same time - these included Mozilla > Firefox, Thunderbird, Paint Shop Pro. I had never had any trouble with > Writer before. > > I tried a number of solutions none of which worked. They included > uninstalling 2.1 and reinstalling it. It was at that point I discovered > that most of 2.0 was still in a folder in Program Files on C drive; I > deleted it. I tracked the conflict to Firefox (and on occasion I think > Thunderbird as well) by running Writer with individual programs and > noting the result. > > A typical sequence would be as follows: > Firefox would be running; > I would open Writer;
<snip> > > Cheers > > Roger Pye > Canberra Australia > Hi Roger, I have no idea if this suggestion will help or not, but I have noticed quite a few CPU related posts on the mozilla.com Firefox forum. It may be worth checking them out. I haven't experienced the problem so I haven't checked the posts. Have you considered testing Internet Explorer and/or Outlook Express in conjunction with OpenOffice.org 2.1 to see if that eliminates your problem. You did say you were looking at migrating MS Office users and you are running on Windows XP Home. I hope this suggestion helps to further identify the source of the issue. Regards, Kelvin Eldridge http://www.JustLocal.com.au Latest versions of the Australian English dictionary files for OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, IE, Opera and other projects. PS. As Roger is not subscribed, I have sent him a link to check responses using Gmane. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
