Has anyone had any luck in getting an Oracle client to install and work with Windows 7 RC? I went and upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 but having terrible problems getting my Oracle databases to work...
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tuinstoel
2009-05-25 08:48:59
I had already seen that but don't really understand what they mean by "invoking the installer with the -ignoreSysPrereqs flag". I did try that from the command line but with no success
Calanus
2009-05-25 09:19:28
Did you get some kind of error message?
tuinstoel
2009-05-25 09:34:53
no - there was no error message, the installer just suddenly closes not long after initiating the installation...
Calanus
2009-05-25 10:42:42
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I'm having the exact same problem. The Oracle client worked perfectly well in the Win7 beta but I can't install it in RC. I tried invoking the installer with -ignoreSysPrereqs but it made no difference.
I get the command window that checks for Windows version etc (and it passes when I start the installer in Vista compatibility mode), but it just closes without starting the actual installer.
Graffen
2009-05-26 05:51:19
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Phew I eventually worked it out. I downloaded the Oracle Instant Client x86 and copied that and setup up my environment variables (PATH, LD_LIBRARY, TNS_ADMIN). The problem I had before was that I downloaded the x64 version which won't work with Toad which is an x86 app! As soon as I installed the x86 version the problem was solved....
Calanus
2009-05-26 10:56:45
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I ran into similar issues.
After downloading the Oracle 10g client for Vista (10203_vista_w2k8_x86_production_client.zip) from the Oracle web site, I unzipped the files, right-clicked on setup.exe, and selected Run As Administrator.
Within the Oracle Universal Installer, I selected Administrator, clicked the Next button, and then selected the Oracle home name and path and clicked the Next button.
As mentioned in other answers, the installer failed on the next screen, "Product-Specific Prequisite Checks". The specific failure was "Checking operating system requirements..." in the third column, there is a check box (which was not checked). I clicked in the check box and the installer changed the status to "Not executed". When I clicked the Next button, it warned me that the install may fail. I clicked Okay. I was able to install without further issue.
It is not intuitive and the Oracle 11g client may be different, but this worked for me.
-Weston
wbinford
2009-08-10 22:33:45
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Graffen have you solved your upgrade problem from beta to RC??,
im having the same issue here I had windows 7 beta x64 and the oracle client worked well, now with the RC x64 it just doesnt work.
Tochas
2009-08-26 20:10:38
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I had the same issue. What I did to solve this problem was: - right click on the setup - choose Troubleshoot Compatibility - it will popup a window "Test Compatibility settings for the program". It tells me which version is it compatible with and Windows 7 will activate that setting for you. In my case was Windows XP service pack 2 is the setting used to install this Oracle 10g client - click on the button "Start the program" it will run the installer - done
dritterweg
2009-10-21 14:19:04
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It Worked with me, I had to do the following: (all after installing oracle in either compatibility mode or skipping the OS check results)
1- Set up the %Oracle_Home% in the environment variables.
2- Configured "tnsnames.ora, listener.ora and sqlnet.ora" to make sure they match
3- Replaced a malfunctioning DLL for sql*plus (I found the original one in the setup's temp file, just by using search from windows)
4- Logged into sqlplus from command line (sys /as dba) and created a user with high privileges (cuz you can't build a repository with "system" or "sys"
5- Used this new user to create the repository from the RAU (Repository Administration Utility), and here you go!
Koraiem
2009-12-13 21:07:25
Yep I don't have any problem running on Windows 7 x64 RTM with the latest basic client
Calanus
2009-12-15 11:46:29