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List:       mysql-win32
Subject:    mysql-win32: NT Registry
From:       Michael Widenius <monty () monty ! pp ! sci ! fi>
Date:       1999-02-26 16:39:30
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>>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher R Jones <cj@interlog.com> writes:

Christopher> SYSTEM- NT on 180 Pentium Pro, Intel motherboard.  64 MBytes ram.  86 Gbyte
Christopher> NTFS drive.

Christopher> I installed the win32 version of MySQL a few days ago.  I started some of
Christopher> the tests and instructions included in the readme file.  I deleted the user
Christopher> 'localhost':

shell> mysql mysql
mysql> delete from user where host='localhost' and user='';

Christopher> As per instructions in the README file.

Christopher> Then I decided ths was not such a good thing for a beginner to do so I
Christopher> uninstalled MySQL thinking I would just reinstall it.  No such luck.  When
Christopher> I double click on setup.exe, the hour glass displayes for a bit then goes
Christopher> away.   In the NT processes list, the NT load process shows 100% and won't
Christopher> go away unless I reboot.  

Christopher> So then I tried to edit the Registry to see if there were any settings
Christopher> MySQL might have left behind.  I tried to search for MySQL and the system
Christopher> hung.  When I tried to reboot, the system got an unrecoverable error.  I
Christopher> then had to reformat the drive and reinstall NT and all programs.  Luckily,
Christopher> the drive was still readable so I plugged it in as a slave in another
Christopher> machine and backed up necessary data before reformatting.

Christopher> Once I had everything up and running, I downloaded the win32 install files
Christopher> again but to my surprize, it still would not install??  Out of desparation,
Christopher>  I created a new user on the NT, gave it full privileges, logged out and
Christopher> back on as the new user.  Low and behold, the setup.exe program ran fine.  

Christopher> Anyone else have similar problems?

Hi!

This looks like a bug in the InstallShield program we are using;  It's 
probably changing the registry in some way that NT doesn't like.

Sorry, for the trouble;  All I can say is that we haven't heard about
this problem before.  MySQL itself doesn't use the registry, except
if you install it as a service.

Regards,
Monty
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