Re: Fwd: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Linda Hull
That got it! Thank you very much! Linda On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:01:01 + > Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:20:25 -0500 > > Linda Hull wrote: > > > > > I have the same problem but it's not going away. > > > > > > In

Re: Fwd: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 22:01:01 + Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:20:25 -0500 > Linda Hull wrote: > > > I have the same problem but it's not going away. > > > > In Windows 7 and OpenOffice 4.1.1. > > > > > > My laptop has been shutting itself down due to overheating. I want t

Re: Fwd: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:20:25 -0500 Linda Hull wrote: > I have the same problem but it's not going away. > > In Windows 7 and OpenOffice 4.1.1. > > > My laptop has been shutting itself down due to overheating. I want to open > my OpenOffice files, however - I've clicked on 'open office writer'

Re: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Linda Hull
Jim, Thanks a lot! I have a cooler under the laptop, but it's not very effective. I'll probably build one using real case fans and some wood. HP also gives directions for cleaning the fans and remounting the cooler. Would be nice to have a backup computer first. In the meantime, I tried downloadi

Re: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Though nothing to do with the software issues, which are probably the resuly of a too fast shutdown of the machine before buffers can write to the hard drive, you might want to look into an "iron lung" for the laptop. A base about yhe size of the laptop base, runs 2, 3, 4, 6 fans, powers through a

Fwd: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Linda Hull
I have the same problem but it's not going away. In Windows 7 and OpenOffice 4.1.1. My laptop has been shutting itself down due to overheating. I want to open my OpenOffice files, however - I've clicked on 'open office writer' - and it gives me the Recovery screen, but it struggles to open thing