On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:37:33 -0500 Came this utterance formulated by Raymond Smith to my mailbox:
> *Hello. My name is Raymond and I am new to open office. I am unsure > how to pose my problem in any of the various forums so I hope sending > this email is the right thing to do.* > *I have been trying to download an upgrade (to v3) but my dialup keeps > dropping the call and the download gets stalled. When I restart my > connection, the download begins back at the beginning. It seems to > happen after about four hours each time and the download is still > around 50% or less. I have tried help...but nothing tells me how to > resume a stalled download. Is it possible to resume or would this be > something which has never come up before? Is there a workaround...like > pausing the download before the dialup call gets dropped, restarting > the connection, and then resuming the download...?? The trick there of > course would be to catch it before the dialup call gets dropped...* > *Anyway I hope you can tell me what I can do. Thank you, Raymond * > A couple of options here. This page on OpenOffice.org recommends some download managers. Download managers allow you to restart where your download finished. I tried one GetRight, which came highly recommended but it was intrusive not transparent and just felt clunky to me: http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/downloadtools.html Alternatively you could look at the firefox browser: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ And if the download manager within firefox does not work better install this download manager addon to firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201 This combination is a lot more transparent. As a further option you could try two alternative methods of obtaining the program: Buy it on CD: http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom Or go to your local internet cafe and download it onto a flashstick there. CD's and especially floppies are so out of date when you get used to flash sticks. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
