Re: Oracle personal edition 8i and Windows ME

Also bear in mind that the universal installer is a Java-based app and perhaps the beta ( actually a release candidate) ME has not standardized its java handling or , more likely, Oracle has not insured ME compatibility and has not certified 8i to run in that environment.....

"Alvin" <aneka2_at_eudoramail.com> wrote:

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>didbre <critique_by_didbre_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:00ffb102.41dfe4f1_at_usw-ex0104-028.remarq.com...
>> I just tried to install the Oracle personal edition 8i for w98
>> on my Windows ME and I have one big problem :
>> just after the welcome screen of the universal installer, I
>> click on the next button and the program suddenly quit with no
>> chance to escape.
>>
>> Is win98 and winME so different ???
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>It's WinME. Trust me. I've installed programs like utilities, graphics,
>web stuff, etc, some of them crashed successfully. Norton IS does not even
>work well in this OS. Microsoft said they made some changes in core OS, may
>be that's what affects everything.
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>I installed Oracle PE both on Win98 and Win98SE, they worked flawlessly. So
>it must be ME. Beside I don't have anything on the background running (only
>systray, explorer), so it must something on the OS side.
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Received on Thu Jul 13 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT