Deactivating StarOffice 8 Registration Screen for All Future Users

I have found documentation from Sun on how to deactivate the registration screen for StarOffice 8, however it is assuming the user folders already exist.

I need a solution for any future user of that PC; the PCs are in a school district, if every K-12 student sees this registration screen, we will have confusion on what steps they need to follow to get past these screens. This summer we are hoping to move away from MSOffice completely, however this is an issue that seems to be in our way.

Here are the steps from Sun to deactivate if the user folder exists:

On the step 3 User Name page, leave the user information boxes empty.

On the step 4 Registration page, select I do not want to register, and then click the Finish button.

Create an archive file of the StarOffice 8 user directory.

Unpack the archive into the user directories where you want to deactivate the

Registration Wizard.

Our PCs do not have a folder for every possible student that would ever sign onto the PC, that would number into the thousands. Am I overlooking something or not seeing this solution clearly?

[1138 byte] By [CEVSD] at [2007-11-26 7:02:41]
# 1

Hello!

I think this procedure works on WinXP:

After installation start StarOffice and make your settings (ie file formats, fonts and so on). Close SO8

Go to C:\documents and settings\your account\Application data\StarOffice8. Delete the file .lock.

Copy the folder C:\documents and settings\your account\Application data\StarOffice8 to C:\documents and settings\Default user\Application data\(and to ......\All users\application data)

Make sure there is no file .lock in the copied folders.

Regards Hakan Nilsson (nilsson@varberg.se)

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Vidskola

Vidskola at 2007-7-6 15:44:53 > top of Java-index,StarOffice,StarSuite...
# 2
Great, this solution has tested OK...thank you very much!
CEVSD at 2007-7-6 15:44:53 > top of Java-index,StarOffice,StarSuite...
# 3
Does anyone know a solution for this in Solaris? Specifically using Sun Rays using CAM.
natewheeler at 2007-7-6 15:44:53 > top of Java-index,StarOffice,StarSuite...