Situation :When you attempt to install Crystal 7 on a vista or Windows 2008 machine you get a Setup Failed message with no other information as to the possible cause of the error.
What Happened :We all know that Crystal Reports is crap at the best of times and especially in such an early form of version 7 but when circumstances beyond our control push us to use this featureless junk pile then we have to figure out how to install it without the dreaded Setup Failed error message. The actual error seems to stem from the setups programs inability to update the dbnmpntw.dll file, it then throws a wobbly and has a spaz attack. Anywho to fix the issue rename the dbnmpntw.dll to dbnmpntw.old (if you get a permission denied error then you need to take ownership of the file and give yourself access to it on the security tab)
Lesson Learned :Don't use Crystal or Business Decisions software, don't believe me, go on Google and type crystal AND crap.
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i do not miss crystal AT ALL. our software spits reports out in XML and uses PDF for stationery.
ReplyDeletealso, 'spaz attack' got a laugh. i guess you have found your audience.