Date:         Wed, 17 Dec 2003 07:56:53 -0800
Reply-To:     TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: running ETKA on Win XP home?
Comments: To: Dave Benjamin <dave_benjamin@YAHOO.COM>
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--- Dave Benjamin <dave_benjamin@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> I bought a copy of ETKA from a listmember and tried
> all of the suggestions on getting it to run on Win
> XP Home with no luck.

I don't know if you searched the archives (Windows XP
ETKA), but this is how I got it to run on my machine:

<http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0212C&L=vanagon&P=R21344>

And just to clog up the archives further:

From: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:27:45 -0800

> Thanks for all the input on installing the ETKA
>(EPC5) into XP.
>
> After a couple of weeks of trying out all of the
> suggestions I received individually and in
> combination, this is what ended up making the
> program work:
>
> Copied the whole EKTA CD-ROM contents to my hard
> drive and installed it from there.
>
> Installed the complete program on the hard drive.
>
> Copied the files "lexhdl5.dll" and "lexhdll5.dll"
> from the EPC_PROG.W95 folder on the CD to the
> epc_prog folder on the hard drive, replacing the
> files with the same name that were there.
>
> I kept getting the hardlock errors when I tried to
> run the program and when I ran hardlock, I would get

> disk errors.
>
> Overall, I spent more time installing ETKA that I
> did putting in my water pump last weekend.
>

BTW, I think I've used it once since I installed it,
it wasn't worth the time and effort I expended.

Good luck,





=====
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
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