RE: Help getting Win98 software to install on XP ??

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From: MarkusM (MarkusM_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 13:33:26 -0700

"Andy100" wrote:

> Hello, i have a software program which is basically a radio decoder program.
> It decodes via dedicated hardware (com port to radio scanner) various
> signals such as morse code, ACARS etc. Anyway, it was built in the Win98
> era.
>
> I paid £200 for this software, is there a way i can make it work in XP ?. It
> installs OK. When i run it, it asks me to verify which COM port i'm using. I
> select COM1 (which is correct) then it says 'Error! Could not find
> PEAKACAR.386. Please check that there is an entry in the [386Enh] section of
> your windows SYSTEM.INI file which says "device=C:\WINACARS\PEAKACAR.386"
> and remove any other entries referring to PEAKACAR.386' .
>
> This happens whatever COM port i choose.
>
> Now i have looked in MSCONFIG and that line is already written in the .ini
> file. I have also put the PEAKACAR.386 file into my Windows directory, the
> System32 directory, the System folders and the folder in which the software
> is installed, with no luck. So where do i need to put that file so WinXP
> finds it ??
>
> Don't know if it helps but the software actually installs itself to C:/ and
> not C:/Program Files.
>
> Please, can anyone shed any light on this ?
>
> PS Sorry for the Cross-posting, wasn't really too sure which group to use !
>
> Cheers
> Andy

Hi Andy,

Not sure if this is a WindowsXP issue. Have you considered to contact the
vendor of your software? They may provide a patch or an updated version.
Just a thought...

Markus M.

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