Or try to see what happens with the WinInstall 2003 LE which is free for download (at least it was back then....)

But the 127.0.0.1 at hosts file is good, although one cannot script that to that file \:\)
I've tried to in different languages, reading the file works fine, writing to the file won't. (due to the fact that it's got no extention.)

Also you can disable the update feature during installation Disable Online Update
Auto Update / Online Update is automatically disabled when using OpenOffice-Enterprise (build 505 or later).