[cvsnt] Re: Windows Installer

JJ none at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 10 04:30:00 BST 2005


Excuse me?  I built the PC myself.  It DOES have a P2 450 in it.

"Tony Hoyle" <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote in message 
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> 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 





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