Guest Patrick Flaherty Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Hi, I try to install a given app on Server; it detects Server and says it can only install on XP. Is there anyway of forcing the install? thanx - pat
Guest Jabez Gan [MVP] Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Re: Force install of XP app (on Server). Hi Patrick, Some software are only meant for client workstations, so if the app's MSI/installer file checks for your OS version, then most probably its best for you not to do a force install. -- Jabez Gan Microsoft MVP: Windows Server http://www.msblog.org "Patrick Flaherty" <Patrick_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message news:g0vo600l46@drn.newsguy.com... > Hi, > > I try to install a given app on Server; it detects Server and says it can > only > install on XP. > > Is there anyway of forcing the install? > > thanx - pat >
Guest Patrick Flaherty Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Re: Force install of XP app (on Server). Hi Jabez, I'm a developer; do a lot of db work; and SQL Server (of course) only installs on Server (and not XP). So that's been my desktop for years. And I don't have a second machine at work. Yes I could make an XP partition with one of the various tools; and have done that before; but didn't want to go to the trouble. The app I want to install is Google's Calendar Sync. To get my tasks out of Outlook; into Google tasks (or whatever it's called); and over to Thunderbird (which is what's on my laptop). As I've trawled the web there seems to be general agreement that this is the best/easiest way to get your tasks out of Outlook and into Thunderbird. Wow. So anyway, Google's Calendar sync 'connector'. I wouldn't have guessed that there's any way in which it would run afoul of Server as opposed to XP. You never know - but I would guess not. Or maybe Google bolted it to XP for their 'own reasons'. Mayber Server's locked down in a way that will _prevent_ the connector from surreptitiously sending data back to Google. Which XP doesn't do. That shoe's on both feet these days (as it were). pat In article <39A4E864-F3D9-4DE1-B40E-E33307D538EF@microsoft.com>, Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@blizNOSPAMhosting.com> says... > > >Hi Patrick, > >Some software are only meant for client workstations, so if the app's >MSI/installer file checks for your OS version, then most probably its best >for you not to do a force install. > >-- >Jabez Gan >Microsoft MVP: Windows Server >http://www.msblog.org > > >"Patrick Flaherty" <Patrick_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message >news:g0vo600l46@drn.newsguy.com... >> Hi, >> >> I try to install a given app on Server; it detects Server and says it can >> only >> install on XP. >> >> Is there anyway of forcing the install? >> >> thanx - pat >> >
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