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Install OpenOffice 2.4 on Windows Vista

OpenOffice provides everything most people need in an office productivity suite for free. It is stable, reliable, and robust. Unlike its major competitor, it was designed from the start as a single piece of software, which makes for higher quality software and a more consistent user experience. OpenOffice is available on all major computing platforms and is supported in over seventy languages.

The main components of the OpenOffice.org Suite are

– Writer  wordprocessor
– Calc  spreadsheet
– Impress  for presentations
– Draw for graphics
– Base  database
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It has a familiar user interface, and is able to read and write the vast majority of legacy file formats (including common Microsoft Office formats). It is supported in over seventy languages, with active support both Communities based (free) and from commercial organizations (paid-for).

Installation:-

Download the OpenOffice 2.4 here…

Run the installer file; the installer extracts the files in an OpenOffice.org 2.x (en-US) Installation Files folder on your desktop, then the installer is launched automatically once the extract is complete. Then the real thing begins and it does install indeed in “\Program files\OpenOffice.org2.x” directory. Note that, it doesn’t create any desktop shortcut to launch the applications. They are in your Start menu once installed. And once it’s ok, just delete the folder on your desktop.

So now done with installation!! Enjoy the power of OpenOffice, Compare to Microsoft Office, Open office is bit faster and also it supports all Microsoft office related stuffs and especially for frees of cost, that’s interesting isn’t it?

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A New Critical Hole In Windows Vista

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Just in time for spring, Microsoft has been busy tending to a new swarm of bugs, including a critical hole in Windows Vista and XP that could expose you to an early-season bite without your doing anything other than being online.

In an attack, a cracker could broadcast rogue TCP/IP packets to a range of addresses on the Internet, possibly including your PC’s. Sounds all too common, right? These rogue packets, however, are designed to trick their way past Windows’ security and hijack your PC, making your machine part of a botnet for sending out spam–or worse, a self-copying worm.

So far, no attacks have occurred. But proof-of-concept code is floating around, so don’t put off applying the patch. If you’ve enabled automatic updates, Microsoft will push the patch to you. Otherwise, you can grab it from Microsoft and install it yourself (Download).

 

source:pcworld