On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:10:53 +0100
Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:03:22 -0700
> Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:52:01 +0100
> > > "Gordon Culling" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Open Office 4.1.1 will not download (Key not valid to current state)
> > > > The installation files have downloaded but there is no shortcut to open
> > > openoffice.
> > > > Also I can no longer access previous version so I appear to have lost
> > > all my files.
> > > >
> > > > Regards Gordon Culling.
> > >
> > > This problem was solved for some users in this thread:
> > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=71850
> > >
> > > For developer information: a quick search suggests it may be caused by
> > > RSACryptoServiceProvider and/or by an attempt to download to a prohibited
> > > locality; however in the cited thread it is claimed by several posters 
> > > that
> > > deleting Windows update KB 2918614 cures the problem
> > >
> > 
> > What IS " Windows update KB 2918614"? and why does this cause problems for
> > installation?
> 
> Who knows what any Windows update does, Kay? All I can say is that several 
> users reported that its removal fixed  the "key not valid in current state 
> message" and permitted the installation of OO4.1.1 on Windows 8.1. One of the 
> posters in that thread mentioned that it also permitted a Java update.

In depth details at
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-049

a secret security fix, apparently.


-- 
Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]>

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