From ooo-users-return-1421-apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue May 15 19:41:19 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87E6CC34C for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 19:41:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24073 invoked by uid 500); 15 May 2012 19:41:19 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 24041 invoked by uid 500); 15 May 2012 19:41:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 24032 invoked by uid 99); 15 May 2012 19:41:19 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 May 2012 19:41:19 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of gcaiou-ooo-users@m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.3 as permitted sender) Received: from [80.91.229.3] (HELO plane.gmane.org) (80.91.229.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 May 2012 19:41:11 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SUNc2-0005Pg-DQ for ooo-users@incubator.apache.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 21:40:50 +0200 Received: from 70.64.219.47 ([70.64.219.47]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 21:40:50 +0200 Received: from larry.gusaas by 70.64.219.47 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 21:40:50 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org From: Larry Gusaas Subject: Re: Installation Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 13:40:34 -0600 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <4FB2A995.2010603@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.64.219.47 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 In-Reply-To: <4FB2A995.2010603@gmail.com> On 2012-05-15 1:08 PM John Boyle wrote: > On 5/15/2012 11:55 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: >> On 2012-05-15 12:05 PM Richard Gravel wrote: >>> I downloaded oo 3.4 to instal over my (working) 3.3. Writer works for a few seconds, >>> then it crashes. It recovers, work again for a few seconds, and crashes again... forever. >>> >>> I did a full de-install, downloaded a new copy, installed it, restarted the computer...same >>> result. >>> >>> Working under Windows SP3. >>> >>> Richard >> >> Reset you user profile. For instructions see: >> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426#p58403 >> > To Mr. Gusaas: If this were a truely simple and straightforward upgrade, no one should have > to reset anything! On most updates they don't. > They never had to before, so why now? A corrupt user profile is the most common source of problems with a currently installed version or with a newly installed version. It is not normally required to reset it when upgrading, but is usually the first recommended troubleshooting step. > Of what real advantage does 3.4 give anyone, who simply needs a really good word processing > program and has found that most of OOo of any version, packs too much into itself for most > home users!!!!!:-\ :-( One real advantage of updating to AOO 3.4 from previous versions of OOo is its security updates. Another is bug fixes. Third is new features. If you don't like Apache OpenOffice you are free to use something else. -- _________________________________ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: ooo-users-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org