On Thursday March 29 2007 10:15 am, George Wolf wrote:
> I thought I'd like the new way that the OOo web sight chooses where
> to download the installation files for you -- one link to click
> instead of choosing semi-blindly from ten or fifteen.
>
> I hadn't counted on a certain "co-operation" between OOo's web
> sight and my firewall software -- ZoneAlarm -- from interfering
> with it!
>
> I chose the Windows download, clicked the "continue to download"
> link on the next screen, and instead of seeing a download got a
> blank screen announcing that, "the object has been blocked." I
> changed ZoneAlarm so that it wouldn't block the download sight. It
> didn't help, because the next time I pushed the "continue to
> download" button, the web sight had chosen a different download
> sight!
>
> After thinking about this for a second, I used the following
> kludge; each time the "blocked object" appeared in my web browser
> (Firefox 2.0.0.3) I went back a page and clicked the "continue to
> download" link again. Eventually OOo cycled back to the sight I'd
> unblocked. Now I have my download.
>
> You might say, each time you open a door in your firewall, OOo
> tries to open a different one!
>
> George Wolf
Perhaps the problem could have been handled in a different way.
If you downloaded the Window's version, it is an .exe file. Zone
Alarm does not like to allow downloads of .exe files. If you
temporarily disable this feature just before downloading OOo and
reinabling it immediately afterwards, it should download properly
regardless of the mirror site being used. Check your Zone Alarm
documentation for further information.
Dan
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