by Reay » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:37 pm
Morning, all -
I just got a netbook running Windows 7, as well, and downloaded the Open Office suite as one of the first things I knew wanted on it (having used it on my desktop and laptop for a few years at this point, and loving it).
When I hit the downloaded .exe file, I got an error saying that there was something wrong with the file - that it was perhaps incomplete - and to check the original source of the file. So, reluctantly, I started downloading the file a second time, thinking perhaps it had inadvertently truncated the first time. While doing that, I was doing some research on the Open Office site for why this problem may have happened (it's always been a very clean and easy download and install for me previously), and noted that it not only has system requirements list that don't include Windows 7, but that you need a screen resolution of 1024X768 (while the netbook is 1024X600).
I stopped the download, not seeing any point in going further if the documentation suggested I couldn't run Open Office on a Windows 7 system with a lower resolution, but now came across this thread suggesting it should work.
Any ideas why I'd be having this issue?
Thanks in advance!
Open Office 3.0.1 on Windows XP