[cvsnt] Re: Windows Installer

[Victor A. Wagner Jr.]

At 20:30 2005-06-09, JJ wrote:
>Excuse me?  I built the PC myself.  It DOES have a P2 450 in it.

so, what's keeping you from posting the output from winmsd?


>"Tony Hoyle" <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote in message
>news:d8ajs5$3pk$1 at paris.nodomain.org...
> > JJ wrote:
> >> Platform: WindowsXP Pro with SP2 installed.
> >> File Name: cvsnt-2.5.01.1976.msi
> >>
> >> The windows installer, MSI, says I have to have at least a Pentium Pro
> >> processor to install this program. I have a P2 450 which is a higher
> >> processor then the Pro.  Ideas?
> > That would suggest your machine does not in fact have a Pentium 2, but an
> > original pentium.
> >
> > The code may not run correctly on such a processor.  It's definately not
> > tested as such hardware is hard to find now..  even the secondhand shops
> > don't sell anything earlier than a PIII.
> >
> > Run Winmsd and look at the processor there & post that if you're really
> > certain it's a PII... might be one of the original models from 1988 that
> > needs a special case (although I've not heard of any processors that
> > needed that I wouldn't put it past intel to ship relabeled pentiums as
> > PII).
> >
> > Tony
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>cvsnt mailing list
>cvsnt at cvsnt.org
>http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt

Victor A. Wagner Jr.      http://rudbek.com
The five most dangerous words in the English language:
               "There oughta be a law"