Re: MSVCRT.DLL Mystery still remains unsolved after 2+ years

Before the first repeating error message, I get a single message box that says:

"OLE Initialize or OCX Load Error while registering OCX."

(Which one?)

The repeating error message is as follows:

"The MSVCIRT.DLL file is linked to missing export MSVCRT.DLL:??_U_at_YAPAXI@Z."

I run the install with no other programs running, and my PC has 320 Meg RAM with 100 GB HD (75 GB free), so (hopefully), memory isn't the problem ....

The OCX message seems to suggest a bad OCX file or maybe a registry problem. I have run Norton Win Doctor several times before and since the install, so the Registry ought to be OK.

If one or more OCX file(s) are bad, where can I find updated replacements? I assume they go into the c:\windows\system directory, and seem to recall that backup system files are stored on the HD is compressed format somewhere ... (Maybe Microsoft can provide newer, debugged ones?)

Thanks,
Kevin

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:a20d28ee.0204170333.5aaaa24d_at_posting.google.com...
> "Kevin Carlson" <kcarlson_at_speakeasy.org> wrote in message
news:<ubq6r1o12k0qa8_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> > Looking at archived posts going back to Oracle 7.x, the "MSVCRT.DLL
Mystery
> > Message" (or 3M as I now call it) has apparently never yet been
resolved.
> > Posts from the year 2000 blame the problem on Y2K-sensitive installation
> > software. Posts from 2001 blame defective hard drives, or failing to
run
> > scandisk before doing the install.
> >
> > During the default database creation process, I get a few dozen pop-up
> > message boxes referencing a problem with MSVCRT.DLL. The only options
are
> > skip or abort the install. After the install, Oracle cannot be started.
> >
> > Well folks, it's now 2002 and I have a new hard drive, and am ATTEMPTING
to
> > load Personal Oracle 9i for Windows 98 onto Win 98SE. I'm getting the
same
> > error message that folks have been getting since at least two years ago.
> > Interestingly, I was successful in installing Oracle Enterprise 8i on a
PC
> > running Win2K Pro. I also successfully installed Personal Oracle 7.3 on
> > Win95 a few years ago.
> >
> > Has anyone successfully resolved this problem? The install is
apparently
> > successful with certain people at ceretain times, or ther'ed be a LOT
more
> > talk on this subject. Any ideas? Please don't simply tell me that your
> > install runs fine. I need to know why this one DOESN'T.
> > Perhaps the SE "upgrade" has screwed things up?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
>
>
> 1 - why not post the MSVRCT.dll mystery message?
> 2 - maybe because you just have insufficient memory or the pagefile
> fills up your hard drive?
>
> --
> Hth
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 13:32:02 CDT