Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

Hi :)

Lol, i didn't mean you have to try them all.  That's why i gave summary info and 
background so that you can choose to try 1 sometime.  SliTaz would be the 
fastest to try but Ubuntu is more useful for general use.  Trinity is only 
useful as a rescue, recovery or fix-it Cd and is rarely needed.

Regards from 
Tom :)



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From: Cliff Scott <ke6kzj@qsl.net>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 13:27:58
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll

** Reply to message from Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> on Wed, 16 Feb
2011 09:56:28 +0000 (GMT)

Hi Tom,

Thanks for all the useful suggestions. I'll look into them.

Cliff

> Hi :)
>
> Windows just seems to do things like this occasionally.  It might have been 
> triggered by OOo (or LO) but usually this sort of thing 'just happens' or is 
> done by antivirus software.  People don't seem to realise how flaky Windows is 

> until they use linux or have had to maintain a lot of machines.  Often they 
> think Windows is the most robust and easiest!!  
>
>
> One of the advantages of having a dual-boot system (usually with a linux distro 
>
> such as Ubuntu) is that you can continue using the machine and even use the 
> distro to fix Windows using the 'cheat method' you used.
>
> Instead of going to all the trouble of install an operating system alongside 
> Windows (takes a couple of hours) it might be better to start with a small 
> collection of distros on Cds or Usb-sticks that allow a "LiveCd session" with 
> tools that can help fix typical Windows problems.   "LiveCd" simply means a 
> bootable Cd that gets you into a working desktop session.  
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
> Even if it is really LiveUsb we often still say LiveCd as a more generic term 
> because habits are tough to break.  My favourite 3 are 
>
>
> 1. Ubuntu = to get a fully functional desktop similar to Xp/Win7 complete with 

> office apps and internet already.  This is the one i have as a LiveUsb-stick 
> and 
>
> i even have it fully installed on a usb-stick for work.  The problem with 
> "Live" 
>
> sessions is that when you reboot no trace of the session is left on the machine 
>
> unless you deliberately saved stuff to the hard-drive.  Anything saved to the 
> desktop or "Documents" and bookmarks and history is all forgotten.  LiveCds are 
>
> great for online banking.  Download links and other useful stuff can be found 
> from DistroWatch
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu
>
> 2. SliTaz = just as a LiveCd.  It doesn't have so much functionality "out of 
> the 
>
> box" but it is only 30Mb so it downloads fast and often makes a nice Cd even if 
>
> the cd/dvd-drive appears to have problems.  It does have GPartEd, a 
> text-editor, 
>
> a linux command-line, a very efficient cd/dvd burning tool called something 
> like 
>
> "Gnome Baker", Gnome Office (if you are desperate!) and can install grub2 if 
> Windows boot-loader is broken (or even if it isn't broken yet).  The LiveCd 
> session runs entirely from Ram so you can take the Cd out once you see the 
> desktop
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slitaz
>
> 3. Trinity Rescue Kit = the only one of my 3 favourites that is really 
> exclusively for fixing Windows problems
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=trinity
> This one doesn't give a desktop anything like Windows but it does have a nice 
> menu system and is stuffed full of useful apps for fixing things, 
> data-recovery, 
>
> password reset, partition editor and stacks more.  It does have tools that are 

> good for fixing linux systems but Windows breaks more often so that is where 
> it's real value is.
>
> There are a LOT of other distros and many have specific advantages (but also 
> disadvantages).  Many people prefer Mint, openSUSE, Pardus, Fedora or Mandriva 

> instead of Ubuntu but of these "entry level" distros Ubuntu is the most famous 

> and appears in the mainstream press.  Mint does have more multimedia already 
> set-up.  Mandriva looks pretty.  Fedora explores new features and programs 
> before other distros so it doesn't always behave but can be interesting.  
>
>
> There are a lot of distros aimed at older hardware or smaller systems but 
> SliTaz 
>
> seems to cover the widest range of newer hardware while it's focus is on older 

> systems.  Knoppix covers a good range but mostly newer hardware and it's a LOT 

> larger.  Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 has a nice tutorial in its installer so it can be 
> a 
>
> good one to try first to learn how to dual-boot and has very addictive retro 
> space-invaders game.  Again it is a lot larger.  Generally tiny distros like 
> Puppy and TinyCore have a very different way of working but skills or programs 

> learned with sliTaz or AntiX are useful elsewhere or if you already know 
> Ubuntu's (or another's) command-line then sliTaz is about the same.  Also it's 

> desktop is quite pretty.
>
> Instead of Trinity many people prefer distros such as SystemRescue, Parted 
> Magic, Gparted (an entire distro built around the program) or Knoppix but i 
> tend 
>
> to find all their tools and more are on the Trinity Cd.  So, i find Trinity is 

> better when i need to go out to fix someone's machine.  It's not as famous and 

> doesn't even appear in the top 100 at DistroWatch's front page
> http://distrowatch.com/
> but despite that it has reasonable forums.
>
> So if i go out then 2 Cds and 1 usb-stick covers most of my options for using 
> or 
>
> fixing Windows machines but if i can only take 1 then i would take my Ubuntu 
> usb-stick (not the LiveUsb one unless i wanted to install Ubuntu).  Having 
> these 
>
> things ready in advance is nice but they can always be made from another 
> machine, which is where sliTaz is really useful.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> ________________________________
> From: Cliff Scott <ke6kzj@qsl.net>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 3:23:28
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Missing MSVCR90.dll
>
> I just ran into a scary situation. 
>
> I already had LO 3.3 installed on a Win2K system and working great. That
> system also had OOo 3.2.1 installed and working. I upgraded the OOo to 3.3 to
> compare OOo & LO and after that neither one would start. It was complaining
> about the file MSVCR90.DLL missing. I searched the entire system drive and it
> was indeed not there. Apparently it had been there previously since LO
> worked. All that I can assume is that the OOo3.3 install deleted it. Seems
> REALLY strange to delete a file that you need. During both installs there was
> an error message about not finding some entry point into the kernel to set
> the Heap Size, but neither time did it stop the install. Could these problems
> be related?
>
> BTW, I checked on my wife's computer which only has OOo and it had the dll so
> I was able to copy it to my computer and get LO and OOo running again.
> Without that I would have been is dire straits.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> --
> Cliff

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