Re: 16-bit oracle under Win2k

Simon,

Damn, that suggestion really got my hopes up. Didn't work though. I'm guessing that the Oracle client is still running outside this. Here's the thing though. I wipe out the system. Install Win2k SP2 fresh. Install Oracle 7.3.4 16-bit client on the system. Works fine.  Install the 16-bit application and it's required client libraries and it works. Then I install a second 16-bit application and also Word 2000. No longer works at all. Could Word be overwriting something? If so, how do I get around it? Figured I could install the problem program at the end, however if there are dll's being overwritten, that usually is because they are newer, so the 16-bit program wouldn't overwrite them if installed last.

JR

Gottesman" <sgotte_at_prodigy-nospam.net> wrote in message news:<xQth8.902$MC5.163098808_at_newssvr16.news.prodigy.com>...
> This may be of no assistance whatsoever and you may know all this already,
> but I'll just voice it in case it leads you in the correct direction. There
> is something in Windows 2000 called "compatibility mode," and IIRC it refers
> to compatibility with both Win95 and 3.x 16 bit apps. Here's a link for
> more info.:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q279792
>
> HTH,
> Simon Gottesman
>
> "John" <jriker1_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e6bb5a8d.0203050831.5642018a_at_posting.google.com...
> > Ok, before I get yelled at, I have no choice on this. My company is
> > utilizing a 16-bit Visual Basic 3 application and everyone is being
> > upgraded to Win2k. One time I had my system running successfully with
> > the 16-bit oracle client drivers, now after a reinstall of the system,
> > I keep getting GPF errors. Since I got it working once on this
> > machine, I know it's doable. Can someone explain to me how to get the
> > 16-bit oracle drivers to work on Win2k? Thanks.
> >
> > JR
Received on Thu Mar 07 2002 - 18:45:08 CST