Quote Originally Posted by nomex
I tried a bunch of the codes, and "ctrl alt -" twice brought up the desktop... is there any way to speed up the OO startup process?
So the problem is your VGA-only monitor. It only supports 640 x 480 resolution. Use the cheat-code for that for now, then go for a better monitor.

I don't know of any way to speed up OOo, unfortunately -- at least from the CD.