Re: install oracle9i

FWIW I have never had a problem with the

Delete all services
remove software
remove all oracle directories (including the inventory directory) remove HKLM\software\Oracle from the registry

approach either, which is probably just as drastic but

1. Is documented on metalink (but I don't have the note to hand)
2. Leaves the other software on your machine still operational
3. Also works with proper windows apps that don't clean up after themselves either (a certain RDBMS from Redmond springs to mind).

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
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"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> True enough, but it works fine nonetheless. Not being certified just means

> Oracle hasn't tested it to destruction. For testing/development/learning

> purposes, it's fine.

>

> Just like 8.1.5 on Windows 2000, really.

>

> But what you can't do is reliably install onto any Windows machine, of

> whatever flavour, that's been through the wars of upgrades, other software

> installs, de-installs and God knows what else. A clean install every time,

> and then it just *works*!!

>

> Regards

> HJR

>

>

> "tojo" <Tojo_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:MPG.18691a62a91062439896de_at_news.t-online.de...

> > In article <2g9L9.3846$jM5.10815_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, howardjr2000

> > @yahoo.com.au says...

> > > I'm afraid that talk about usenet archives will lead you up the wrong

> path.

> > > There is a well known bug in 8i whereby the installation fails because

> of

> > > the inclusion of a non-compatible file on the Oracle install disks.

> > >

> > > But that's not your problem if you've got 9i.

> > >

> > > All I can really advise is that installation on Windows is utterly

> > > straightforward *provided* you do it on a clean machine. My advice,

> drastic

> > > as it may seem, is therefore to format your hard drive, re-install

> Windows,

> > > and then install Oracle.

> > >

> > > Regards

> > > HJR

> > >

> > Is 9i even certified for XP Home (as opposed to XP Pro)? The docs only

> > mention Professional.

> >

> > -- Tom

>

>