[ILUG] ilug not ilag ... was [way OT] Word 2003 problems...

[Conor Wynne]

> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Conor Wynne wrote:
>
>> Of course, but you know what will happen dont you? You will likely
>> find the answer to the life, the universe and all that. But your XP
>> issue will remain. Anyway its very easy to fix windows issues, just
>> re-install.
>
> Speaking of XP. I have a really weird issue with Win2k professional.
> Nothing will install - it's like "installshield" is broken. Windows
> updates wont install, firefox won't install, etc.

Get an updated windows installer, now if windows installer wont install
windows installer, then you have no choice but to re-install windows to
get windows installer installing again.

> This is vaguely Linux related as:
>
> a) Running windows installers is something Wine often seems to have
> problems with
>
> b) If i can install on windows and get at the installed files, maybe
> I can then run it natively on Linux under WINE.
>
> c) The aformentioned Windows is actually running on Linux, though it
> doesnt know it (qemu)

I had that issue in qemu, think I read that they have issues with win2k,
or was that XP? Its in their FAQ anyway. Check the event log for errors,
stick em into eventid.net, and I bet its complaining about not having
enough space on the C: drive, even though windows does in fact, have
enough space. Dont remember the ID though.

Anyone running the accellerated qemu? The binary (spit) one?

>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A

regards
Conor.

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