----- "Scott Emery" <emery@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I will reproduce the problem today or tomorrow. I hadn't
> given the problem much thought as the error messages I saw led me
> to believe it was designed for a different version (more expensive
> :-))
> of Windows.
Heh.
> Here's what I remember:
> I downloaded and attempted to install the package from my unlimited
> account before finding the instructions. I installed the package by
> double clicking on it (not the suggested msiexec /i command line).
> After fiddling around with it I discovered that the collector wasn't
> running. I found the instructions. I started a command prompt
> window.
> I cded to \Glider\scripts. I ran .\postinst.bat. It complained
> several
> times about not being able to find or attach to a service or
> services.
> I apologise for the skimpiness of the information, but I didn't know
> to expect it to work in the Windows 7 Home environment.
Ah, you possibly didn't do the install as a user with administrator
privileges? That would explain the "sc" command failing (which starts
up pmcd as a service, etc). You should be able to still use pmchart
and the other clients though, just not monitoring your local machine
(until pmcd running).
cheers.
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Nathan
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