On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 21:41 +0100, CPHennessy wrote: > On Friday 20 April 2007, + Toni Pickard wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > > hello, i was downloading openoffice and i think the download had just about > > finished when i got a warning dialogue box saying "unknown publisher! > > trying to gain access to your computer!!!" - or something like that, and > > asking whether to allow it in. it's a new computer with windows vista on > > it and maybe msn is just trying to keep me from using open office This is Microsoft's way of handling security ....... force users to make security decisions. If users complain after unintentionally installed spyware/malware, M$ can always say "we warned you". -G > , but of > > course i was uncertain and didn't allow access. the download disappeared - > > so i figured then it must have been you (though it didn't say so). and > > then when this email box finally opened, once again i was warned, but this > > time i took my courage in my hands and allowed it in, and there you were. > > so should i just ignore this stuff or what? i would like to have open > > office, but feel a bit daunted. i'm over 60 and not from the computer > > generation and have no sensible intuitions about all this. also, reading > > the FAQ's you have was also somewhat daunting. can you encourage me in > > general and reassure me in particular about these warning messages? toni > > pickard > > > Sometimes Microsoft "warnings" can be very misleading. Downloading from > OpenOffice.org will be perfectly safe. > > Please reply to [email protected] only > >
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