OO is up to version 2.1 now. You could download that version.
Michelle reported that OO messed up her laptop - she didn't say
which brand she has. Uninstalling OO restored her laptop's function.
Maybe she skipped installing Sun's JRE6 before installing OO.
>> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>> Scroll down to Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 and click download.
>> Accept the License Agreement. Check the second Windows selection.
>> Sun isn't allowing you to avoid using their download manager, so click
>> the orange bar. Tell the download manager where to dump the small file.
>> Click the small file. Permit it to download the 12-1/2 MB and install JRE 6.
After doing that, download and install the almost 100MB OpenOffice 2.1:
http://www.openoffice.org/
"Theseus Tired" <Theseus
Tired@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Tried loading open office suite 2.01 from a MaximumPC CD onto a new Acer
> Aspire notebook I just bought running Vista OS. Got "Error opening
> software/sysdetect.exe" as soon as I closed the DVD drive, and then "Error
> opening software/apps/OOo_2.01_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe" when I clicked
> Install. Wil Vista be made to load this suite? Anyone know how? Theseus Tired