Thanks Brian, perhaps the 127MB download got corrupted somehow and the installer told me "Wrong OS or OS Version" when I ran the installer - it did not self-install. However, I have deleted that version and downloaded and installed the 3.0 beta version, which runs perfectly on the Vista Business OS.
Thank you for your response. Ian On 04/06/2008, Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 21:43 03/06/2008 +0200, Ian Samson wrote: > >> We bought two new laptops with Vista Business 32 pre-installed. I updated >> the Java and it asked if I wanted to install OpenOffice, obviously I said >> Yes, waited two hours for it to download, tried to start it and it said >> "Wrong OS or OS Version". Now what? >> > > Now what? Now just run the correct file to install the product. > > Is there an Open Office version for Vista Business? >> > > Yes: you very probably already have it. > > At 22:47 03/06/2008 +0200, Ian Samson wrote: > >> For all those who wrote in April 2007 about whether OO will run in vista, >> it doesn't. >> > > It does, of course - for countless users around the world. > > I spent 2 hours downloading it, only to be told "Wrong OS or OS Version". >> So now I am spending another 2 hours downloading the 3.0beta version because >> I cannot find anywhere on the OO.org site whether the 3.0beta will run on >> Vista Business 32. Stay tuned, you're likely to hear more from me as the >> research continues ..... >> > > No need for research: just run the correct file. The message you see is > produced if you try to run instmsia or instmsiw from the unpacked files. > That's not the way to do it. If you run the setup(.exe) file instead, > OpenOffice should install without any problem. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Ian Samson Sound Studio http://www.lp2cd.za.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
