Is it bad form to reply to one's own post? I hope not. Nevertheless, the time taken to start OO.o 1.9.69 Writer is short enough that I don't worry about the splash screen anymore.
Cloning the disk and reinstalling seems to have taken care of the instability in both the system and in the loading of the Quick Starter. Quick Start seems to have been absolved! David Teague, Advocating Free Software and Double Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com www.silviodallatorre.com www.joelquarrington.com/ For information on Red Mitchell, see http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ www.larryholloway.com http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <users@openoffice.org> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [users] How to make the Splash screen display > Peter Kupfer wrote: > > > It sounds like there is something very wrong with your setup. Have you > > considered re-installing? > > Summary: > I already reinstalled. All functionality problems with OO.o > seem to have been fixed by reinstalling Only reenabling the > splash screen remains. > > Long story: > The first thing I did after finding system problems that > resulted in my replacing my hard drive and cloning was > test OO.o. When I found problems there, I backed up all > my .odt and .sxw documents then reinstalled OO.o. > > BTW None of the system instability problems remain after > replacing and cloning the old hard drive. > . > The functionality problems with OO.o appear to have been > fixed by reinstalling. Only the splash screen issue remains.. > > I ran the quick starter from > C:\program files\OpenOffice1.9.59\program. > This put the icon in the system tray. Then I found how to > reenable starting quick start during boot ( see first message). > > I have not yet found how to reenable the splash screen. > > David Teague, > Advocating Free Software and > Double Bass tuned in fifths > www.dennismasuzzo.com > www.silviodallatorre.com > www.joelquarrington.com/ > For information on Red Mitchell, see > http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/ > www.larryholloway.com > http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Kupfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <users@openoffice.org> > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:00 AM > Subject: Re: [users] How to make the Splash screen display > > > > David Teague wrote: > > > On Saturday, March 12, 2005 2:42 PM > > > Peter Kupfer wrote: > > > > > > > > >>I believe that if the QS is loaded, then the splash screen won't display > > >>when you open something. > > > > > > > > > That has not been my experience. > > > > > > Quick Start was installed and the splash > > > screen displayed at every start after my initial > > > installation. But not now. > > > > > > It takes about 30 seconds for writer to open. > > > Without the Quick Start, writer takes about > > > a minute fifteen seconds to start. No splash > > > screen. > > > > > > I never know until writer appears whether it > > > is going to start this time. Sometimes I double > > > click a *.odt document OO.o writer starts, > > > sometimes not. Annoying. > > > > > It sounds like there is something very wrong with your setup. Have you > > considered re-installing? > > > > -- > > Peter Kupfer > > OOo user since 'OO4 > > http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
