[Libreoffice-qa] LibreOffice and Windows 2000

[Tommy]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:08 +0200, Pedro <pedlino at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Starting from version 4.0 LibreOffice no longer supports Windows 2000
> ("Dropped support of Windows 2000" in
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes/)
> which makes sense since Microsoft itself doesn't support it since July  
> 2010
>
> Therefore I assume the final version for Windows 2000 is 3.6.x (probably
> 3.6.7...)
>
> However in my old Windows 2000 machine, when I pressed the Check for  
> Update
> button I was suggested to update to 4.0.3
>
> ...

for what I undestand "no longer supported" doesn't necessarily mean that  
new LibO versions won't work in those old O/S. I think it means that if a  
bug will limit usability of LibO on that particular O/S it won't be fixed.  
did you try install 4.0.3 on your Win2000 machine?