'do you want to register?' question everytime i start oo

[Guest]

hi,
every time i start oo i am asked if i want to register oo even if i checked 'i do not want to regiter' last time i started oo. also, all my prferences settings are gone each time i start oo. besides that oo works fine. enyone know whats wrong? greetings
PHIL

[The Liquidator]

Hi Phil

Have you tried the alternative "already registered".

Whenever I install a new version I give this answer and I'm only asked once.

By the way, have you registered at all? My recollection is that registration doesn't ask for any sensitive information.

Ian

[chris-abdn]

Hi Ian and Phil,

I have the same problem as Phil. Registration does not solve the problem - the problem is that settings are generally not saved. Examples are the recent files list and changes in the AutoCorrect/AutoFormat settings. However, changes in Makros and key settings are saved.

I've had this problem with OOo 1.1.0 and 1.1.1, both running on WinME.However, it does not occur with Win2K or Linux. I've tried reinstall, I've tried Standalone and Network Install, but the problem remains.

Regards,

Chris

[Guest]

I have this Problem too and had allready posted it in this forum http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8819 but no one could help.
i think, it has something with win9x to do. I had before OO v1.1 and it worked. than i had to install win98 again and installed also OO v1.1.1. I think it is a wrong setting in windows registry.

I hope that a developer will see this post and could say what it is

Jake

[Guest]

I had this problem in a domain environment with domain users. (The domain users lacked local administrative rights. ) When I temporarily gave the users domain admin rights and selected "never register", I was never prompted again. Are you having a rights issue?

[chris-abdn]

Hi,

I don't think it can be a rights issue because for me it only occurs on WinME, and there is no such thing as rights in WinME, is there?

On OSes that support rights (i.e. Linux, Win2K), the problem does not occur.

I suspect it has something to do with Startup of OO: OO uses some registry setting or some environment variable to determine the user files, or something like that, and maybe that setting/variable does not exist on WinME.

Chris

[davidprice]

I use Linux and I have the same problem. Has anyone found a solution yet ?????? It's REALLY annoying.

[Omar]

Hi David,

To prevent the registration dialog box from popping up, edit the file /usr/local/OOo/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu and add the code below to the inside of the <node oor:name="Registration"> tag. Ignore the plus(+) marks since they are just used to represent that a line is being added.

+ <prop oor:name="ReminderDate" oor:type="xs:string">
+ <value xsi:nil="true"/>
+ </prop>
+ <prop oor:name="RequestDialog" oor:type="xs:int">
+ <value>0</value>
+ </prop>

The actual path to the file may be slightly different depending on how you did your install. For instance, the path to the file may be /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.3/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu

Omar

[thomasp]

Hey
I have tried to add this:(without the plus(+))
+ <prop oor:name="ReminderDate" oor:type="xs:string">
+ <value xsi:nil="true"/>
+ </prop>
+ <prop oor:name="RequestDialog" oor:type="xs:int">
+ <value>0</value>
+ </prop>

after the <node oor:name="Registration">
now it looks like this:
<node oor:name="Registration">
<prop oor:name="ReminderDate" oor:type="xs:string">
<value xsi:nil="true"/>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="RequestDialog" oor:type="xs:int">
<value>0</value>
</prop>

<prop oor:name="URL">

<value>http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/registration20.html</value>
</prop>
</node>

But it stills want to register.
what is wrong?
best regards Thomas

[hajopaj]

Try this:

After you run OO2 the first time, it creates folders on your system-directory. On win98 just copy the C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org [number of version]\share\registry\data\org\openoffice\Setup.xcu to C:\WINDOWS\Application data\OpenOffice.org2\user\registry\data\org\openoffice. After the next start of OO2, you have to answer the registration dialog and select "I don't want to register" or "I'm already registerd". This is the last time the dialog was shown.

Please answer if it solves your problem!

[Johandezwaan]

hello,
can you tell me how i can solve the problem on win xp pro
i've tried to copy
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\share\registry\data\org\openoffice\Setup.xcu
to
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\OpenOffice.org2\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\setup.xcu
but no result.
do you have an other solution for me?
The laptop i'm working with is a Dell Latitude D500 and it's placed in a workgroup with no grouppolicy.

Thanks,
Johan de Zwaan

[thomasp]

Hey
I am running Open Office 2.0
My problem was also on a winxp pro. I replaced the Setup.xcu with this one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oor:component-data xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" oor:name="Setup" oor:package="org.openoffice">
<node oor:name="L10N">
<prop oor:name="ooLocale" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>cs</value>
</prop>
</node>
<node oor:name="Office">
<prop oor:name="ooSetupInstCompleted" oor:type="xs:boolean">
<value>true</value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="LicenseAcceptDate" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>2005-10-17T12:36:36</value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="FirstStartWizardCompleted" oor:type="xs:boolean">
<value>true</value>
</prop>
<node oor:name="Factories">
<node oor:name="com.sun.star.text.TextDocument">
<prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>48,67,760,492;4;0,0,0,0;</value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>MS Word 97</value>
</prop>
</node>
<node oor:name="com.sun.star.sheet.SpreadsheetDocument">
<prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>48,67,760,509;4;0,0,0,0;</value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>MS Excel 97</value>
</prop>
</node>
<node oor:name="com.sun.star.presentation.PresentationDocument">
<prop oor:name="ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter" oor:type="xs:string">
<value>MS PowerPoint 97</value>
</prop>
</node>
</node>
</node>
</oor:component-data>

I dont have to register anymore.
my path to Setup.xcu = F:\OpenOffice.org 2.0\share\registry\data\org\openoffice
Best Regards
Thomas

[chasik]

Try to clear all fields in registration form

[Johandezwaan]

Doesn't work for me,

[chasik]

Yes it's not work for me too

If quickstart is running registration wizard run only once untill i log off
If i exit quickstart wizard starting before any OO application start

The same thing happend if i work with admin or user rights
All workarounds listed here don't work
Please help we are starting deploy OO 2 on about 200 mashines
Beta 2 work fine on all mashines
Anyone can help ?