Re: simple yet confusing 8i client issue

It sounds like those clients have P4 machines. If that's the case, there is a workaround for this.

1. Create a temporary directory on your server/client.
2. Copy the contents of the Oracle RDBMS Client CD to the temporary directory created in step 1.
3. Search the directory structure created in step 1 for the existence of the filename symcjit.dll.
4. Rename each copy of the symcjit.dll to symcjit.old.
5. Run the setup.exe, again.

Hope this helps.

Alex Ivascu

"Kevin Kidder" <kevinkidder_at_scdps.net> wrote in message news:e4816452.0208011835.27540ef3_at_posting.google.com...
> I am attempting to install Oracle 8i Client, on several Windows 2000
> Professional SP2 PCs. Two of the installs have gone without a hitch.
> The third will not install. The splash screen loads, but when I click
> on install, the application silently exits. I can not run it from
> Setup.exe on the CD either. Here is what I have tried...
>
> I have installed from this CD on the other PCs. (this eliminates the
> CD from being the problem)
>
> I have tried to install from both another CD drive on this system, as
> well as placing the CD in the server and sharing it. (this eliminates
> hardware issues witht the drives or the MB)
>
> I have downloaded the 8.1.7 Client. This would not install either.
> (the CD is 8.1.6) This eliminated an incompatability issue.
>
> I have tried installing as the user, myself and the Local
> Administrator.
>
> The behavior never changes. It looks like it is going to run, but I
> never get Setup to run. It is not a running process on the PC, (maybe
> stuck in NTVDM or something), and it never attempts to run.
>
> Is there someone who has seen this? Please let me know. It is very
> important.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kevin Kidder
Received on Fri Aug 02 2002 - 04:54:13 CEST