Hello Francesco, I think It's need "real" Serial Number.. I'm using it too, and have the same problem. Until now I don't know the Serial Number..(maybe it's not free) Friday, June 30, 2000, 9:58:54 PM, you wrote: F> Hi, F> There was some discussion of this a while back but no solution to a F> particular problem came out of it. Months ago an initial install of F> Star Offce 5.1 (from the 6.2 distribution) failed. I let it go (too F> much else to do). Now when I come to re-install I get an "This F> installation has expired please reinstall" message after a fresh F> install. I deleted the sofficerc and users.rdb from home but have F> the same problem. F> Where else does the profram record the previous failed install? It F> would seem that although the installation failed the date has been F> recorded somewhere and is being referred to by the current set up F> process. How can I track where it is looking so that I can either F> edit or delete teh old date record and thus et teh damn thing F> installed. F> Thanks in hope F> Francesco F> PS I tried a mail to sunand star months ago and the reply was F> basically tough titty. -- Best regards, Syeh mailto:A3@telkom.net -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq