8i install with msvcrt.dll

I downloaded 8i enterprise edition for windows nt from technet.

I started the install and immediately got the error that it couldn't write the msvcrt.dll file into the winnt directory.

My question goes like this:

    I ignored the error and let Oracle continue the install.     Everything else happened successfully. Does anybody know     whether I can just ignore this early error, or will I run     across issues down the road?

I also searched on dejanews and found two threads that looked promising but I couldn't find the threads in this newsgroup. I will cite them below. Maybe they will help jog someone's memory. David P. and Sybrand Bakker where the two posters of answers.

Thanks

,----[ David P's post ]
| From: DNP <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com>
| Subject: Re: Problem: Installing oracle client on Win98
| Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
| Date: 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT
|
| There's a Year 2000 bug in some installer programs manufactured a few
| months ago. I met an error message which mentioned exactly the same DLL
| (MSVCRT.DLL - the MS Visual C Runtime libraries).
|
| The problem was solved thusly :-
|
| Oracle's advice is to download the Y2K compliant installer program from
| their support website ( support.oracle.com leading to the Metalink
| sites).
|
| Therefore, you need a support contract with Oracle or if that is not in
| place, you might have to try and download a recent version of some
| client software of Oracle's, which hopefully will contain a recent
| version of the installer program.
|
| David P. OCP (DBA) MCP (TCP/IP)
|
| Glasgow, Scotland.
|
| sean wrote:
| >
| > Hi all,
| > I was prompt the following error message, when installing Oracle client on
| > my notebook win98. How to resolve this error, please help...
| >
| > ORAINST caused an invalid page fault in
| > module MSVCRT.DLL at 0177:7801b763.
| > Registers:
| > EAX=0064cc4c CS=0177 EIP=7801b763 EFLGS=00010246
| > EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=0064cc00 EBP=78040cf0
| > ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=00bf66d1 FS=3917
| > EDX=0064cc5c ES=017f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
| > Bytes at CS:EIP:
| > 8b 51 10 42 52 e8 f1 02 00 00 83 c4 10 5f 5e 5d
| > Stack dump:
| > 00000002 0064cc4c 0064cc5c 00000000 00bf66d1 78040cf0 00000000 7801b529
| > 0000006d 00000000 0064cc4c 0064cc5c 78040cf0 00e191a4 00da2540 00000001
| >
| > Thanks
| > Sean

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,----[ Sybrand Bakker's post ]
| From: "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
| Subject: Re: Install Oracle8 on Win95
| Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
| Date: 11 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT
| X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sybrandb.demon.nl:212.238.21.78
|
| Are you installing the server or enterprise edition?
| That's NT only.
|
| Hth,
|
| Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
|
| John Smith <gsrivat_at_yahoo.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
| 38f372c8$1_at_rpc1284.daytonoh.ncr.com...
| > Install Oracle8 on Win95
| >
| > I'm trying to install Oracle 8 on a Win95 machine. I get
| > an error called invalid MSVCRT.DLL. Can anyone tell me
| > how I can install it using the oracle installer on Developer 2000.
| > Or if you can point me to documentation which explains how
| > to install on Windows 95 platform, that would be of great help.
| > Thanks in advance.
| > SG
| >
| >

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