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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0744.00027.] Let \((G,\tau)\) be a locally compact Abelian group, and let \(\tau_ w\) be the topology on \(G\) which \((G,\tau)\) inherits from its Bohr compactification. By a theorem of \textit{I. Glicksberg} [Can. J. Math. 14, 269-276 (1962; Zbl 0109.020)] \((G,\tau)\) and \((G,\tau_ w)\) have the same compact subsets. The authors give a simple proof of this result for discrete Abelian groups. For such a group \((G,\tau)\) let \((G,\tau_ w)=G^ \#\). It is shown that \(G^ \#\) is zero-dimensional. This answers a question of \textit{E. K. van Douwen} who independently gave a proof [Topology Appl. 34, No. 1, 69-91 (1990; Zbl 0696.22003)]. It is a result of \textit{D. B. Shakhmatov} [ibid. 36, No. 2, 181-204 (1990; Zbl 0709.22001)] that every zero-dimensional precompact group is strongly zero-dimensional. Thus \(G^ \#\) is strongly zero-dimensional. This answers a more challenging question of van Douwen.