CiscoWorks 2000 on Windows 2003

No probs.. Have fun. 

-----Original Message-----
From: jameswhispering.org [mailto:jameswhispering.org] 
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:40 PM
To: jeffsconsultant
Cc: ciscogroupstudy.com
Subject: RE: CiscoWorks 2000 on Windows 2003 [7:109386]
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That worked beautifully, thanks! I copied the contents of
the install CD to
a directory, located setup.exe and set it to Windows 2000
compatibility
mode, and the install worked.

Thanks again,

James


> I think I tried it once and got it to work by setting
the 
> compatibality on individual files to windows 2000, but
that was a few
years back.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jameswhispering.org [mailto:jameswhispering.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:29 AM
> To: ciscogroupstudy.com
> Subject: CiscoWorks 2000 on Windows 2003 [7:109386]
>
> Group,
>
> Does anyone know what is required in order to install a
somewhat older 
> version of CiscoWorks 2000 (5th Edition) on a Windows
Server 2003 box?
> During install, it errors out with:
>
> CiscoWorks2000 installation cannot proceed because
CiscoWorks 2000 
> requires Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or higher.
>
> I have Googled but found nothing about a workaround,
and Cisco's site 
> didn't say anything about it either. I figure it could
ultimately be 
> related to a registry key with the Windows version that
can be changed 
> just long enough to get CW2000 installed. Has anyone
tried this 
> before?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> James




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