Does MS Spyware Work on Pentium II???

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Buddy Morel

I have an old Gateway Pentium II system that runs Windows XP fine, slow but
fine. I thought I'd try the MS Spyware Beta on it and I can't get it to
run. I guess this means that it is not compatible with the Pentium II,
right?

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Ambrose F. "Buddy" Morel
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Here are minimum requirements:
Minimum system requirements for Windows AntiSpyware (Beta):

. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

. A 300 MHz or faster processor with at least 64 MB of RAM

. Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows ServerT 2003

. At least 10 MB of available free space on your hard disk

. Internet access with at least a 28.8 Kbps connection to use SpyNetT



Andre
 
Nope, it's a P II 233MHz. I guess 300 is the bottom limit.

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Ambrose F. "Buddy" Morel
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds
the universe together.
 
How does it fail--does it give you any idea why it doesn't work? It'd be
nice if it would fail gracefully and let the user know what the issue really
is, but I guess that may be too much to expect from the Windows installer
(!?)
 
How much RAM in that system? I don't see why it should fail on 233MHz
anyway. Its still in beta, maybe the final version will be a little more
flexible, because I have seen XP running on 233.

Andre
 
It just says there was a serious error (Error 102) and to contact
GiantCompnay.com for Technical assistance.

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Ambrose F. "Buddy" Morel
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds
the universe together.
 
Hmm - well--lots of other folks get that one--and others--101,102, and 103.
The generic cause seems to be "permissions"--not installing as an
administrator, DCOM service not started. Some have reported success by
installing in a non-standard location, c:\msas, for example. I'm getting
confused about my advice between these three messages, I suspect, but you
may be hitting a generic bug/issue, rather than the processor limitation.
 
And I forgot to mention the most important bit--you need to install as an
administrator.
 
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