Re: Problems installing Oracle 8i PE on WinXP

"Bogdan Zamfir" <dont.spam.me_at_despammed.com> wrote in message news:bilncc$aukva$1_at_ID-189962.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi,
>
> I didn't used Oracle before.
> I enchance an Access app who fetch some data from an Oracle database using
> linked tables, and then process data.
>
> So I need to install Oracle in order to be able to fully test the app.
> I downloaded Oracle 8iPE for NT/2000, and installed in server mode on a
> Win2000 Server. Everything seems OK so far
> Now I want to install Client tools on a WinXP PC, which is my development
> PC.
> But unfortunately Setup.exe (Oracle Universal installer) don't want to
start
> at all.
> I know it is Java GUI app.
> What can I do to make it start?
> I don't know if I have MS Java VM installed (although I think it is), so
> just in case I instaled also SUN Java 2 runtime environment, but still
> nothing.
>
> Please help me.
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Bogdan
>
>

Oracle 8i is not certified for any XP flavor (and it will be desupported on December 31, 2003) and Oracle 9i is supported on XP professional only.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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