Very Computer

by **Linwood Ferguso** » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

I must be doing something really silly.

I downloaded the RC3 pro version of W2K from MSDN Universal site. I got two
modules

12/31/99 08:09p 300,005,400 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.exe
12/31/99 03:49a 48,058,204 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.r00

I have them in the same directory, and try executing the first one, both
from NT explorer and a command prompt. Nothing happens - no errors, no new
files created, nothing visible at all.

I'm doing this on NT4 SP5, workstation. I've turned off virus checking just
in case, no change. The downloads completed without error. I also pulled
the supplement down and tried that, same - nothing happens when I run it.
What am I missing here?

Linwood Ferguson

by **Linwood Ferguso** » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

In regard to the below, a slight correction: they do not do nothing, they
create a process and just sit there. I went to delete one of the temporary
files, and could not. Checking further, I had about a dozen processes
running these self extracting executables. They were getting no CPU time,
just sitting there.

I killed them, tried again - same result.

Is it trying to find something, or does it need some setup prior to running?

Linwood

Quote:>I must be doing something really silly.

>I downloaded the RC3 pro version of W2K from MSDN Universal site. I got
two
>modules

>12/31/99 08:09p 300,005,400 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.exe
>12/31/99 03:49a 48,058,204 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.r00

>I have them in the same directory, and try executing the first one, both
>from NT explorer and a command prompt. Nothing happens - no errors, no new
>files created, nothing visible at all.

>I'm doing this on NT4 SP5, workstation. I've turned off virus checking
just
>in case, no change. The downloads completed without error. I also pulled
>the supplement down and tried that, same - nothing happens when I run it.
>What am I missing here?

>Linwood Ferguson

by **Gabriel Knizni** » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

It sounds like file corruption, probably the .exe. Try downloading again.

Gabriel Kniznik

> In regard to the below, a slight correction: they do not do nothing, they
> create a process and just sit there. I went to delete one of the
temporary
> files, and could not. Checking further, I had about a dozen processes
> running these self extracting executables. They were getting no CPU time,
> just sitting there.

> I killed them, tried again - same result.

> Is it trying to find something, or does it need some setup prior to
running?

> Linwood

> >I must be doing something really silly.

> >I downloaded the RC3 pro version of W2K from MSDN Universal site. I got
> two
> >modules

> >12/31/99 08:09p 300,005,400 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.exe
> >12/31/99 03:49a 48,058,204 EN_Win2000RC3_Prof.r00

> >I have them in the same directory, and try executing the first one, both
> >from NT explorer and a command prompt. Nothing happens - no errors, no
new
> >files created, nothing visible at all.

> >I'm doing this on NT4 SP5, workstation. I've turned off virus checking
> just
> >in case, no change. The downloads completed without error. I also
pulled
> >the supplement down and tried that, same - nothing happens when I run it.
> >What am I missing here?

> >Linwood Ferguson

by **Linwood Ferguso** » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

I tried this on a different system, and it worked fine.

I have some problem, apparently, in this particular system that keeps any of
the MS WinRAR Self Extracting Archives from running.

A possible connection is I have something on the same system that keeps
Technet from installing (it hangs). I can install it manually and it works
fine, and other products (quite a few, including SQL and Visual Studio)
install fine. Very strange.

Any ideas welcomed, but at any rate I can expend these on a different
system.

Linwood

>It sounds like file corruption, probably the .exe. Try downloading again.

>Gabriel Kniznik

>> In regard to the below, a slight correction: they do not do nothing, they
>> create a process and just sit there. I went to delete one of the
>temporary
>> files, and could not. Checking further, I had about a dozen processes
>> running these self extracting executables. They were getting no CPU
time,
>> just sitting there.

Very Computer

Self extracting files from download of RC3 do not extract

Self extracting files from download of RC3 do not extract

Self extracting files from download of RC3 do not extract

Self extracting files from download of RC3 do not extract

Self extracting files from download of RC3 do not extract