> -----Original Message----- > From: Web Kracked [mailto:webmas...@krackedpress.com]
> When I started this thread, I seemed to open up a can of worms. > > I just wanted to know a few things. > > 1) What is different about OOo3.2 that requires Admin privileges when > 3.1.1 did not? > > 2) Why does 3.2 [windows] need MS Visual C++ when 3.1.1 did not? > > Now we have tech people getting all hot about IT policies on software > installs. Well, somebody did suggest that I just needed to "Run as" Administrator in order to get OOo 3.2 installed - which obviously, I can't on a corporate machine because no sensible IT dept gives out the Administrator password - which is the first thing the "Run as" dialog demands. But as the only other person (initially) to say that he (me) was in the same boat as you, AND as one who said he normally has no problem installing any program (I'll expand that to say "being in the Group that's allowed to do so, and therefore has equivalent to Administrator privelages on my own machines", which I didn't say initially, because I thought everybody knew that's how it worked...), I got a response back from an IT guy that purported to explain the IT position for my not being able to install OOo. Naturally, I waxed sarcastic, given what I'd already said, and the fact that I was ticked-off that that giant "Download OOo3.2" button didn't say anything about my needing never-before-needed privileges in order to install it OOo. My bad. :-) Anyway, given that hardly anybody else seems to have the problem, maybe there's a different problem (not purely a lack of being logged in as (or using "Run as") administrator. As widely used as Windows is, you'd think there'd be more people chiming in by now. The fact that there aren't is suggestive that there is some other issue. Maybe there aren't many OOo users with 64-bit XP. But then another person with the problem as using Vista Home. It's hard to imagine what the common thread might be, given how very many other Windows XP and Vista users must have installed without problem in the past couple of days. So, I've installed 3.1 again (the 3.2 installer wiped 3.1 and 2.something BEFORE telling me that it was crapping out), and will be nagging my distant IT dept to see if they've recently modified my privileges without bothering to tell me. I wonder if there's a component of OOo 3.2 that I could disallow on install, that might be the culprit needing Administrator to log in. - Kevin (who would like to try OOo 3.2 - I hear it's good) :-) The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
