[cvsnt] Re: Client won't run on Win98SE

[Bo Berglund]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:35:16 -0300, "Gabriel Genellina"
<gagenellina at softlab.com.ar> wrote:

>I'v tried to install the new client 2.5.3.2151 on a Windows 98 SE.
>CVS95.EXE won't run, two dlls are missing: CVSTOOLS.DLL and CVSAPI.DLL
>Copying them from another install didnt help, since CVSAPI.DLL fails to  
>import CompleteAuthToken and QueryContextAttributesW from SECUR32.DLL (the  
>first does not exist in Windows98; the last could be used but just the  
>Ansi variant).
>So this release's client is unusable in Windows 98.
>A previous release, 2.5.01 Build 1976, was fine. I didn't try intermediate  
>ones.


Do yourself a favour and scrap the old PC:s. Even Microsoft has
stopped support on Win9x and NT4. Get XP instead, it's a bargain these
days.


/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)