Leon, Many thanks for this tip. Reviewing my AutoRecovery setting, I noticed it was set to update every 15 minutes. I have tightened that to every 5 minutes. This may save me some real headaches in the event of a future crash.
Ron Tanguay > On Sep 5, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Leon Zar <lee....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I believe it is even more important to configure the OO Preferences for > "Save AutoRecovery Information". In all the years I've used OO, I've never > had a crash where OO was unable to recover up to, or very close to, the > point of failure. Since I do have a UPS, the crashes I have experienced > are all due to failures of the OS or the application. A UPS will not > protect you from these failures, but in my experience the recovery > information will. > > Having said that, I imagine that it *may* be possible for a power outage > that occurs while OO is saving the recovery info to corrupt the recovery > info and prevent OO from restoring a file. Not a likely event, but > something to consider. > > My $0.02. > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:29 AM Thomas A. Panfil <tapan...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > >> Steven, >> >> Your advice is perfect for a proper shutdown of a computer, BUT, >> those good practices are PRECISELY what do not occur if a power outage >> occurs while someone is using a computer which does not have a battery >> backup. Laptops have a built-in battery backup. Desktop and tower >> machines and workstations do not have integral battery backup so they >> are subject to sudden improper shutdown. >> >> I am convinced that users of AOO should be advised to use an >> external battery backup system for computers which do not have integral >> battery backup. This advice should be provided along with the >> information about how to download and install AOO. Users should be >> given this advice BEFORE a catastrophe occurs. >> >> I've been reading essentially all of the OpenOffice, now Apache >> Open Office, Users E-Mail. It seems that a large proportion of serious >> problems, from which recovery might be very difficult or impossible, are >> attributed to improper, i.e. hasty, shut down. That is exactly what >> happens when AC Line power to a vulnerable computer is lost. >> >> -- Tom Panfil >> >> >> On 7/14/20 3:45 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >>> Tom that’s an interesting idea. I would suggest an even more important >> concept, practice good computer hygiene: before you leave your computer >> save all documents, shut down all programs. Then if there is a power >> failure no problem. I would recommend clearing out browser memory (history, >> cookies, etc.) you can bookmark websites and use a password manager to >> easily return to websites on restart. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jul 14, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Tom Panfil <tapan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello AOO Users & Advisors, >>>> >>>> For years I've routinely read reports from Open Office Users about >> various problems. Many are generally attributed to having shut down one's >> computer too quickly, before shut down processes have been completed. >>>> >>>> I've used OO and AOO for many years, both on Windows based computers >> and on MacBook Pros. I've never experienced *this* type of problem. I >> attribute that good fortune to three things: >>>> >>>> * Use of Uninterruptible Power Supplies with Desktop Computers. >>>> * Use of Laptop Computers which have immunity to power loss due to >>>> their internal batteries. >>>> * Very deliberate shut down processes: >>>> o Quit the Running Applications (at least all which involve my >>>> user data) >>>> o Log out of whatever LogIn Accounts have been in use (generally >>>> just one) >>>> o Shutdown the computer >>>> >>>> I think that AC Power Failures which cause sudden shutdowns are the >> cause of many AOO Problems. >>>> >>>> Should the AOO Installation site STRONGLY recommend the use of >> Uninterruptible power Supplies with non-laptop computers? >>>> >>>> Users might be unhappy with paying for UPSes, but they are a small >> expense relative to the pain of serious data loss and corruption of >> profiles. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *v/r, >>>> Tom Panfil >>>> eBureaucrat (Ret.) >>>> ******************************************** >>>> Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR >>>> drivers to identify their corporate sponsors >>>> ******************************************** >>>> **m-2015-mbp-15******general_user*******fm** * >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
