[clue-tech] Ubuntu lock-up problems

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 31 January 2009 01:52:29 pm Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 11:21 -0700, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:49:40 -0700
> >
> > Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> > > What the $%^$&^#$ is OpenOffice doing at startup that
> > > requires it to want to go out on the network!?!?
>
> It might be looking for updates.  I think there is an indicator in the
> upper part of the OpenOffice programs to alert you to updates.

There's an option to turn that off,  too,  or to only do it when you ask it 
to.  I forget exactly where,  but a little digging in the menu tree will turn 
it up.



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