Company:

Sun Microsystems

Product:

Open Office 2.0 and earlier

Category:

Productivity

Problems:

Versions prior to 2.0 did not support multiple users, requiring administrators to 'reinstall' Open Office for each user on a computer using a complicated network-based installation method.
Version 2.0 corrected the multi-user shortcoming but still stored user-defined spell check dictionaries and other data in the installation folder.

Workarounds:

Remove any prior version of Open Office and install Open Office 2.0.2 or later.
Version 2.0.2 uses Windows Installer technology, which supports multiple users and Group Policy-based installations.

References:

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=18092

Submitted:

4/30/2006

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