FP 5.6 Windows Install

[Ed Olmstead]

At 09:15 AM 9/25/2006, you wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.celestial
> > .com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+gccconsulting=comcast.net at lists.c
> > elestial.com] On Behalf Of Ed Olmstead
> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:25 PM
> > To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> > Subject: FP 5.6 Windows Install
> >
> > Has anyone had any difficulties with the installation of FP
> > 5.6 for Windows - I downloaded, unzipped, etc., and when
> > setup.exe is run, it crawls at an excessively slow pace and
> > does not complete the install.
> >
> > I am calling Support tomorrow, but wondered if anyone else
> > had encountered the issue.
> >
> >
> > ============================
> > Ed Olmstead
> > E-mail: EdOlmstead at ofpcinc.com
> >
>
>I have installed 5.6 at least 5 systems - 3 servers and 2 single user
>machines and have not had a problem with the install.
>
>The only problem I did have, and not with the install speed, was with the
>license server.  The first problem was that I was doing a remote install
>using terminal sever logging into the system on one machine and installing
>fp on another using a mapped drive.  The second, more telling part of the
>problem, was I had an incorrect license.  Solved the problem by redoing the
>install from the machine fp was to be installed on and getting the correct
>license.
>
>Now to your problem.  Are you running an antivirus program?  If so, turn it
>off and try again.
>
>This may seem a odd question, how much space do you have on your
>installation drive and is it fragmented?
>
>Are you running any application in background, ie Diskkeeper?
>
>Richard Kreiss
>GCC Consulting

Thanks - it was either Norton or Counterspy - shut both down and no 
problem with an install.  It threw me off as it is not usually a 
problem on this machine.

>


============================
Ed Olmstead
E-mail: EdOlmstead at ofpcinc.com