Re: Error installing Personal Oracle 8.1.7 on Windows 2000 SP1
Date: 25 May 2001 20:02:37 -0700
Message-ID: <81295d62.0105251902.115634b4_at_posting.google.com>
Is it a Pentium 4? I had the exact same problem.
Look at the post on comp.databases.oracle.server titled "Oracle 8.1.7 Windows 2000 Install does Not Work". Free (faure_at_free.fr) posted a solution from Oracle that worked great for me.
=> Darla
toddbreiholz_at_home.com (Todd Breiholz) wrote in message news:<1a565fae.0105181938.4e3d942d_at_posting.google.com>...
> I have a new Dell Dimension PC with Windows2000 SP1 on it. I
> downloaded the Personal Oracle 8.1.7 installation from the Oracle
> site. When I double click on the setup.exe icon, I get the hourglass
> pointer for a second or two and then nothing happens. The mouse cursor
> changes back to normal, and nothing is installed.
>
> If I am quick, I can see setup.exe in the processes list of the Task
> Manager for a very short time.
>
> I get no error dialogs, nothing posted to the event log.
>
> Please help me!!!!
>
> Todd Breiholz
Received on Sat May 26 2001 - 05:02:37 CEST