Re: [pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-03 Thread Dave Page
Please keep messages on the mailing list. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Francisco Leovey wrote: > OK PgAdmin was 1.12.2 when I did this install - I will try 1.12.3 then > > Could you give me a list of the required soft for PgAdmin to run on XP SP2? > > Thank you > > There are no required pac

Re: [pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-02 Thread Doug Easterbrook
fair statement. I will stand corrected. (but it does bother me that we have to guard against those things). Doug Easterbrook Arts Management Systems Ltd. mailto:d...@artsman.com http://www.artsman.com Phone (403) 536-1205Fax (403) 536-1210 On May 2, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Piotr Czekalski wrote

Re: [pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-02 Thread Piotr Czekalski
Hello there, Doug, I believe that some (at least if, not most of) PgAdmin users are aware of software/OS construction problems and just require stuff works. I don't defend MS but Linux apps also require libraries in order to make some apps work correctly, fortunatelly solved by package managers

Re: [pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-02 Thread Doug Easterbrook
since this is a discussion list, I thought I'd weigh in with an opinion. first, the visual C++ redistributable isn't really a PG admin problem, its a Microsoft problem second, why on earth would Microsoft distribute half an operating system ... or an operating system without all its parts. as

Re: [pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-02 Thread Dave Page
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Francisco Leovey wrote: > I installed a new XP SP2 workstation and to my surprise PgAdmin III 1.12.2 > (latest version) installs but will not run, gives weird error on start. > (Yes, XP is still used by us. Mainly due to Mobo problems with W7). > After a lot of

[pgadmin-support] PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

2011-05-02 Thread Francisco Leovey
 I installed a new XP SP2 workstation and to my surprise PgAdmin III 1.12.2 (latest version) installs but will not run, gives weird error on start.  (Yes, XP is still used by us. Mainly due to Mobo problems with W7).  After a lot of testing around I discovered that it needs Microsoft Visual C++