Re: can't get LibreOffice to run on XP Pro SP3

On 3/30/21 10:45 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> James Wobanwu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I have an old Toshiba Pentium II with XP Pro SP3 and I am trying to get
>> LibreOffice to run on it.  I have downloaded the last versions of LO,
>> which appears to be 5.4, that will run on XP.  I have tried both
>> portable and non-portable versions.  No error messages, just when I
>> click on LO, the hard drive starts to churn and then stops after a while
>> and the program doesn't open.  I even tried a 5.3.X version but same
>> behavior.   Any help here would be welcome and thanks.
> 
> If the program started to load but crashed, there might be an entry in
> Event Viewer's logs about the program's crash.

No crash, it just won't start.

> 
> At https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/, on
> which hyperlink did you click?  There is no 5.4 version in the archive,
> but there are many 5.4.x versions.  Under which one did you go?  If you
> went under:
> 
> https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/5.4.7.2/
> 
> and then under the win subfolder, which bitwidth did you choose for the
> download?  There is no 64-bit version of Windows XP.  (*)
> 
> (*) What was called Windows XP x64 was a crippled version of Windows
>      Server 2003 with a Windows XP desktop GUI.  If not designed to run
>      under a server version of Windows, a program may not run.  Windows
>      XP x64 is bogus, and Microsoft's attempt to glom onto the burgeoning
>      64-bit consumer demand along with a shammed attempt to catch up with
>      other 64-bit operating systems.  A program that won't run under a
>      server edition of Windows may also not run under the sham named
>      Windows XP x64.

32 bit.

> 
> Ouch, a really old Pentium 2 (launched back in 1997).  That's a painful
> struggle.  Is that the one with Slot2 processors?  Those slid into a
> slot, not socket, had tangs to hold it into the motherboard slot, and
> put a lot of stress on the slot and mobo due to its weight; see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_2.  Are you prepping it for donation
> to the Smithsonian museum?

No, using as a simple data logger.  Had been running Win ME on it until 
wanting to try out a program that needed XP or higher, so installed XP 
recently.  Doesn't do well with XP having only 64 MB Ram.  No need to 
spend on a new one when all I'm doing is logging and *perhaps* graphing 
with LO.  If I can't get LO to work so I can graph, I will use one of my 
other, much newer PC's.

> 
> SSE extensions weren't available until the Pentium 3.  Because of SSE,
> you sure LO 5.4.x doesn't have a minimum hardware requirement of a
> Pentium 3 CPU?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions
> 
> Version 5.4.x required the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 runtime libs.  LO
> doesn't include those.  Do you have them?
> 
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0

Tried to install MV C++ 2015 and it wouldn't install, got some sort of 
error message.

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