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
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which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of
the
civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
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