OpenOffice and the Internet

Originally Posted by Fjordor

So, I installed OpenOffice onto the family computer because mine was temporarily out of commission. (moving)
Apparently however, it manages to block off all internet access. After uninstalling it, the internet worked just fine.
The computer is on a wireless connection.

Can anyone explain this?

In what way does the internet stop working (what error messages etc)?
Are you on a wireless network, if so can you view other computers and access network drives?
Does the internet stop working while openoffice is open, closed or both?

Most amazing jew boots

So Open office seems to be stopping your IP address from being configured?
Have you tried going to command prompt and typing in ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew?

There's nowhere I can't reach.