You can configure the Memory Options for open office pre install: Here's how.

The file is common.xcs and i found at this path in my admin install package

share\registry\schema\org\openoffice\Office

It works a treat: setting Cache to 128mb and the Memory per Object to 24mb

Now I just need to find the setting that turns off Java.

Here you go.

the section of the file i have edited is:

<group oor:name="Cache">

<info>

<desc>Specifies cache related options.</desc>

</info>

<group oor:name="DrawingEngine">

<info>

<desc>Specifies the cache related options for the drawing engine.</desc>

</info>

<prop oor:name="OLE_Objects" oor:type="xs:int">

<info>

<desc>Determines the maximum number of OLE objects that can be held in RAM for drawings, presentations and inserted drawing objects. The fewer OLE objects contained in RAM, the more space is available for other functions. The more OLE objects in RAM, the faster you can page through the objects since they do not always need to be loaded from the hard drive.</desc>

</info>

<value>20</value>

</prop>

</group>

<group oor:name="Writer">

<info>

<desc>Specifies the cache related options for Writer.</desc>

</info>

<prop oor:name="OLE_Objects" oor:type="xs:int">

<info>

<desc>Determines the maximum number of OLE objects that can be held in RAM for the writer. The fewer OLE objects contained in RAM, the more space is available for other functions. The more OLE objects in RAM, the faster you can page through the objects since they do not always need to be loaded from the hard drive.</desc>

</info>

<value>20</value>

</prop>

</group>

<group oor:name="GraphicManager">

<info>

<desc>Specifies a group of graphic manager cache options.</desc>

<label>Graphic Manager Cache</label>

</info>

<prop oor:name="TotalCacheSize" oor:type="xs:int">

<info>

<desc>Specifies the maximum cache size for all graphical display objects.</desc>

<label>Total Graphic Cache Size</label>

</info>

<value>134900000</value>

</prop>

<prop oor:name="ObjectCacheSize" oor:type="xs:int">

<info>

<desc>Specifies the maximum cache size for a single graphic display object.</desc>

<label>Graphic Object Cache Size</label>

</info>

<value>24000000</value>

</prop>

<prop oor:name="ObjectReleaseTime" oor:type="xs:int">

<info>

<desc>Specifies the time in seconds after which a cached object is freed from the cache.</desc>

<label>Graphic Object Release Timeout</label>

</info>

<value>600</value>

</prop>

</group>

</group>

The method of getting rid of the quickstarter, posted by jib, doesn't work for me. I followed jib's steps exactly and tried installing it (each time on a fresh XP install) with TRANSFORMS= on the command line then with the edited MSI. Quickstarter still starts up.

I was able to get rid of the registration wizard by copying a replacement "C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\share\registry\data\org\openoffice\Setup.xcu" file (before starting Open Office), with modifications near the top of the file as follows (change "ooSetupInstCompleted" to true and add the other two elements after the "ooSetupShowIntro" element and before the "Factories" element):

<prop oor:name="ooSetupInstCompleted">

<value>true</value>

</prop>

<prop oor:name="LicenseAcceptDate" oor:type="xs:string">

<value>2005-10-30T12:10:25</value>

</prop>

<prop oor:name="FirstStartWizardCompleted" oor:type="xs:boolean">

<value>true</value>

</prop>

For some reason, I'm now not getting the quickstarter (maybe this is an unintended consequence of denying the registration wizard a chance to run; either way, I'm happy now). I'm also using ALLUSERS=1 on the MSI command line, too.