Re: [Bug-XBoard] problem installing wniboard 4.2.7a

[clandrew]

Hey, Tim.  Thanks for the implied suggestion---I tried altering the TMP and 
TEMP environment variables for my user profile which had been pointing to 
C:\Documents and Settings\andrew.ROAMER\Local Settings\Temp.  I rest them both 
to c:\temp, rebooted and viola! success.  Not sure whether it was the spaces or 
the dot.  At least you have a workaround for now. 

And to think I was getting ready to blame Microsoft---can't imagine how I would 
have come to that ready conclusion so quickly ;-)

Thanks for making your interface available to the rest of us chess nutz.

andrew



-- Tim Mann <address@hidden> wrote:
Heh.  I guess I will have to give up and change the WinBoard installer
back to exactly the way it worked for 4.2.6.  I'm still baffled what it
is that trips up InstallShield with the 4.2.7a version.  There was a
problem with 4.2.7 when your TEMP directory had a space in its name, but
4.2.7a appeared to fix that when I tested it.  Unfortunately I only had
a chance to test on Windows 98.

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:33:39 -0500, "Venkatesh, PC" <address@hidden> wrote:
> WinBoard 4.2.6 installed flawlessly and effortlessly.  More than good enough
> for my purposes !!  
> Also, works fine on my Linux boxes.
> 
> My windows machines are "office" machines ---as far as I can tell [much of
> Windows will always remain a mystery to me], I do have administrator
> privileges [possibly curtailed by the IT folks?].  Plus, the problem-free
> install of 4.2.6 suggests this may not be an issue?
> 
> Thanks for your contributions & responding to this e-mail
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Mann [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:33 PM
> To: Venkatesh, PC
> Cc: address@hidden; 'address@hidden'
> Subject: Re: [Bug-XBoard] problem installing wniboard 4.2.7a
> 
> 
> Other people have had this problem on Windows 2000 or XP too.  I don't
> really know what it is, though.  I don't run those versions of Windows
> at home and am unable to test on them.  Check that you are installing
> from an account with administrative privileges.  Please let me know
> whether or not that takes care of it.
> 
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:44:11 -0500, "Venkatesh, PC"
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi, i downloaded WinBoard 4.2.7a.exe from your website.   Double-clicked
> on
> > it; it opened a command window, inlfated several files; got as far as
> > inflating layout.bin; then began running a setup program/script? in what
> > appears to be a temporary directory in c:\documents...;
> > Comes up with the message about Preparing InstallShield..; but then aborts
> > with:
> > 
> > "Setup Initialization Error: Setup is unable to run a program needed to
> > proceed with the installation. Restart your system and try again .  Error
> > 105."
> > Upon closing that window, I get:
> > 
> > "Application Error: ISSET_SE caused a general protection fault in module
> > KRNL386.exe at 0001:AF86."
> > 
> > Got the same error upon restarting and on different machines [desktop &
> > laptop] [error at same machine address as well]:
> > Running Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4.
> > Both are Dell machines [one an Optiplex GX 400 and the other a Latitude
> > C400].
> > 
> > Any ideas?.  thanks
> > 
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