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Re: [Bug-XBoard] WinBoard Installer
From: |
Tim Mann |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-XBoard] WinBoard Installer |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:01:54 -0700 |
Hi, Mark. Thanks for reminding me about that! I will give it a quick
test run and put it up as a download. D'oh...
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli <address@hidden> wrote:
> I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still
> available at
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe
>
> It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as
> well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the
> current
> installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :)
>
> -Mark
>
> Tim Mann wrote:
> > The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
> > told it doesn't work on Vista. The installer is a very old version of
> > InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code. You don't say what error you
> > got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
> > may be relevant.
> >
> > Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
> > all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
> > equivalent to what you already copied over from another system. Since
> > InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
> > WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
> > The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
> > It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
> > directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
> > and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
> >
> > On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
> >> run on my new machine. Here's the System Information summary:
> >>
> >>
> >> Item Value
> >> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> >> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> >> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> >> System Name PDXPOWEM01
> >>
> >> System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
> >>
> >> System Model HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
> >> System Type X86-based PC
> >> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> >> ~1994 Mhz
> >> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> >> ~1995 Mhz
> >> BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
> >>
> >> SMBIOS Version 2.4
> >> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> >> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
> >> Boot Device
> >> \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
> >>
> >> Locale United States
> >> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> >> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> >> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
> >> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
> >> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
> >> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
> >> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> >> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> >> Page File Space 3.35 GB
> >> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
> >>
> >> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
> >> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
> >>
> >> """
> >> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
> >> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998). The "signature bytes"
> >> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
> >> """
> >>
> >> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance. I assume that
> >> will work, since WinBoard itself will run. I copied the exe over from
> >> another machine and it does run.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> mp
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Powe address@hidden Naugatuck CT USA
> >> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
> >> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
> >> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
> >> 1809. ME 16:332
> >
> >
>
>
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