[36] in installers
winNT and Win95 testing of mink.exe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Smyser)
Mon Mar 17 16:43:48 1997
To: installers@MIT.EDU, jjv@MIT.EDU, pbh@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:43:28 EST
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
- WinNT in the office went great. All dialogs behaved correctly.
One thing -- when I ran the new Leash for the first time, it noticed my
old ticket file and gave me a message about
Error 79 -- Bad Ticket File Format.
When you press F1 to get help, there's nothing in the help file about it.
This error might end up happening to a large number of existing users who
install the new version. Maybe we should give them some warning about it,
either in the readme or in the help file.
- Win95 over Tether.
Last Friday (3/14) I downloaded this from home under win95. The installation
was pleasantly quick on my Motorola 28.8.
One thing -- on that machine, when I used the c:\net\mit directory default
I got a dialog box about an Unsupported Installation Location. I specifically
pressed the c:\net\mit button one time, and let it use the default the second
time. I will try it again on another win95 machine at work to see if it's
a win95 thing, but I wanted to let you know that it happened.
Oh,
I found it confusing at first to have the approved alternative locations
(windows' system directories already in the path, apparently)
listed BEFORE the default. It gives a hidden message that the
default isn't really the preferred choice. Maybe the alternatives should come
below the default button.
Nice work evreyone!
Rob
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