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Win98 Installler
What was the date of the last Win98SE Installer
upgrade from Microsoft? I have not bothered to look for updates since the Security Upgrade disk (Feb. 2004?) and never suffered thereby until . . . Open Office v.2.3 instal routine reported my system needed a newer installer (and then hung up the PC . . . ) Paradox: Open Office provides its own installers, INSTMSIA.EXE and INSTMSIW.EXE, dated 11/03/2002 (Microsoft, version 2). The same installers are provided with Adobe Reader v.6 which instals perfectly. No doubt the fault is in Open Office's instal routine, but the message demanding a "newer" installer is curious. . . -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... What was the date of the last Win98SE Installer upgrade from Microsoft? I have not bothered to look for updates since the Security Upgrade disk (Feb. 2004?) and never suffered thereby until . . . Open Office v.2.3 instal routine reported my system needed a newer installer (and then hung up the PC . . . ) Paradox: Open Office provides its own installers, INSTMSIA.EXE and INSTMSIW.EXE, dated 11/03/2002 (Microsoft, version 2). The same installers are provided with Adobe Reader v.6 which instals perfectly. No doubt the fault is in Open Office's instal routine, but the message demanding a "newer" installer is curious. . . Windows Installer 2.0 instmsia.exe is for Win9x. instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family. What is the EXACT verbatim error message you get regarding needing a newer installer? Do you have Windows Installer 2.0 installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Is DCOM98 installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en If Windows Installer 2.0 is installed already or you are still getting an error after installing it, try this: Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. Browse to the Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield folder. Right-click the InstallShield folder, click 'Rename', name the folder InstallShieldOld, and press Enter. Reboot. Open the Temp folder and delete all Temp files: -Click StartRun, type %temp% and click OK. -Press Ctrl+A to select all, then press Delete. Delete the Temporary Internet Files: Click Start Settings Control Panel Internet Options General tab. Click the Delete Files button, then put a checkmark in the box to Delete all offline content, and click OK, and OK. Close all open windows and running apps. Disable your anti-virus and screensaver. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and End Task on everything except Explorer and Systray. Try your Open Office installation again. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... What was the date of the last Win98SE Installer upgrade from Microsoft? . . . "glee" wrote in message ... Windows Installer 2.0 instmsia.exe is for Win9x. instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family. OK, problem solved i.e. Open Office installed OK. . . 1. Beforehand I spotted that its temp files included both instmsia.exe is for Win9x. instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family. I was surprised that there was no Registry entry for either. How would Win98 know where to find Installer 2? 2. At 2nd attempt to instal Open Office there was a different error message: "Your installer is out of date. Would you like to upgrade?" After keying Yes installation completed apparenty OK (and like Adobe wrote into its own folder a copy of instmsia.exe (1,708,856 bytes, nonidentical with the version with 1,709,160 bytes downloadable from MS.) Then I had a look at InstallShield Browse to the Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield folder. -- which seemed VERY STRANGE. . . e.g. (1) multiple copies of IDriver and IKernel (2) multiple entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs (3) GV's advice: Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. Right-click the InstallShield folder, click 'Rename', name the folder InstallShieldOld, and press Enter. Reboot. I guess InstallShield is legacy code from Win98 or Win3.1. Is it well documented anywhere? With thanks. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... What was the date of the last Win98SE Installer upgrade from Microsoft? . . . "glee" wrote in message ... Windows Installer 2.0 instmsia.exe is for Win9x. instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family. OK, problem solved i.e. Open Office installed OK. . . 1. Beforehand I spotted that its temp files included both instmsia.exe is for Win9x. instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family. I was surprised that there was no Registry entry for either. How would Win98 know where to find Installer 2? 2. At 2nd attempt to instal Open Office there was a different error message: "Your installer is out of date. Would you like to upgrade?" After keying Yes installation completed apparenty OK (and like Adobe wrote into its own folder a copy of instmsia.exe (1,708,856 bytes, nonidentical with the version with 1,709,160 bytes downloadable from MS.) Then I had a look at InstallShield Browse to the Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield folder. -- which seemed VERY STRANGE. . . e.g. (1) multiple copies of IDriver and IKernel (2) multiple entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs (3) GV's advice: Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. Right-click the InstallShield folder, click 'Rename', name the folder InstallShieldOld, and press Enter. Reboot. I guess InstallShield is legacy code from Win98 or Win3.1. Is it well documented anywhere? With thanks. No, you'll find the InstallShield folder tree on an XP system that was not upgraded from 3x or 9x....the InstallShield engine is used by Windows Installer 2, but I don't know why so many versions end up staying in that folder tree. Perhaps they are like Sun Java, which installs updated versions without removing the older ones. I really don't know for sure, Don. You might find some documentation here if you search their Knowledge Base long enough: http://support.installshield.com/ -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ |
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