Re: Simply Won't Install

"AJ" <asbjiv_at_hotmail.com> wrote in
news:3db5b7e1$0$5467$724ebb72_at_reader2.ash.ops.us.uu.net:

> Folks,
>
> A rather unique and confounding problem. We recently purchased two
> new Dell Optiplex systems (identical configuration: Win2000,
> plenty of horse power, etc.). When trying to install the Oracle
> 8.1.7 Client, I get the splash screen, but when I click on
> Install/Deinstall Products, the whole installation app. goes away.
> It reacts the same on the other Dell we purchased. It's not a
> permission issue.

I'm guessing that your machines are P4's? If so, go to groups.google.com and enter the following keywords:

  pentium 4 install group:comp.databases.oracle.*

(it's a known problem with a known work-around)

-- 
Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
http://www.hpdbe.com