Re: Make RAS work and Larry will give you a million bucks - GUARANTEED

Hi Joseph,

Joseph Kramar wrote:
>
> I installed Oracle 8i Enterprise 8.1.5 on my Windows
> NT. This came with "Oracle 8i for Windows NT
> Starter Kit" by Oracle Press. Following the instructions
> in that book, this installs the Oracle 8i server, Net8,
> and a starter database. So now I can use Oracle, use
> SQL*Plus, use ODBC on the same machine to talk
> to Oracle, etc. All apparently ok.
>
> Except that Dial-up Networking / Remote Access
> Services (RAS) no longer work - I can no longer dial
> out to the internet or anyone else! When double-clicking
> Dial-Up Networking, it gives
> "Cannot load the Remote Access Connection Manager
> service. Error 711: RasMan initialization failure.
> Check the event log."
>
> The NT event log shows two events:
> 1) Event ID: 20032.
> Remote Access Connection Manager failed to start
> because it could not load one or more communication
> DLLs. Ensure that your communication hardware is
> installed and then restart the computer. If the problem
> persists, reinstall the Remote Access Service.
> 2) Event ID: 7024
> The Remote Access Connection Manager service
> terminated with service-specific error 615.
>
 

> This is 100% an Oracle problem. I've had my computer
> working fine for ages until now, and it's the installation
> of Oracle that has now screwed it up.

I don't agree. The number is 50 %. The other 50 % are from Redmond.

On the one hand you are right: it is a crude violation of the integrity of your software if Oracle replaces system components like DLLs or registry entries. On the other hand no real OS may allow that.

The funny thing is: if you install MS Office 2000 on a Windows computer 200 (two hundred) system DLLs of Windows are replaced during this process. This shows:
- replacing DLLs during installation is very common on windows platforms - MS Office programmers don't agree with the results of MS Windows programmers. They don't accept their own APIs.

So who is to blame Oracle for doing the same?

Look:
Three years ago I configured my home computer as a dialup router with NAT.
Then I installed Oracle 8.0.5. Everything fine. Then I installed a Office suite. Everything works. Then I upgraded the OS. Everything fine. Then I installed another Office suite, another two RDBMSes , and still everything works fine.
Why? Since I don't use any flavor of an OS which allows application software to replace system components.

Have fun!

Uwe

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