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David McKinnon wrote:
> I am an Oracle newbie and I'm trying to install Oracle 9iAS onto my Win2K
> server (All the latest patches are installed.)  When I try to run setup,
> nothing happens.  No error message, it just doesn't run.
> 
> Watching the processes in the task manager, I can see Setup.exe start, then
> I see javaw.exe start.  After a few seconds both processes stop.
> 
> I've tested on my XP machine to make sure that the download is fine, and I
> can get to the universal installer, but not on the Win2K box
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
If it's a Pentium4, it's a well-known problem with Java's simcjit.dll. 
Search Google groups. If it's NOT a P4, then I'm sorry, I don't know the 
answer.

