Re: FM8 pro DEMO installation fails

PERFECT! Sometimes solutions are closer than they appear - but it takes
smart people with wiped windshields to see them...

Thank you Bill!

Mark


"Bill Marriott" <wjm@xxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:JfudnTgC5qotZvzeRVn-2w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Did you install Ghost as part of the whole Norton Utilities suite? If so,
> the virus checker or some other part of the Norton suite may be
> interfering. Go back to your clean copy of the OS, then use MSCONFIG to
> boot up without all the utilities active. Install FileMaker 8 under those
> conditions and it will likely work. Then you can restore the prior setup
> under MSCONFIG and reboot to your usual state.
>
> Bill
>
> "Mark Sonnig" <palmnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4361f23f$1_3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm an absolute newbie with filemaker. I have downloaded both
>> DEMO-versions 7pro and 8pro.
>>
>> My problem is:
>> While the installation of 7 works perfectly, 8 won't start. I tried
>> several times. Everytime I renewed the system partition completely with
>> Norton Ghost, so that 8 should'n't know that 7 has ever been running on
>> the same system.
>>
>> During the installation of version 8 everything looks fine. But when I
>> start the program, the following message appears (translated moreless
>> accurate from german):
>>
>> "Filemaker 8 pro has not been correctly installed or has been changed by
>> another program. Try to install again after you've found out the
>> reason... "
>>
>> ----which is pretty difficult for me-----
>>
>> OS is XPpro SP2. All updates are installed.
>>
>> Could there be a problem because MS Access is installed in the same
>> system? Access works fine (technically).
>>
>> Thank you very much for any hint!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> BTW: I've already googled excessively..........
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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