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Re: [pcp] naive PCP glider question

To: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [pcp] naive PCP glider question
From: emery@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:43:50 -0500
Cc: Scott Emery <emery@xxxxxxx>, pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx, emery@xxxxxxx
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emery@xxxxxxx:  Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
In message <126936311.35621276729776093.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nath
an Scott writes:
>
>----- "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.
>
>-- 
>Nathan

        I did install as a user with administrative privileges. I have
performed other administrative actions with this account.

Scott Emery
emery@xxxxxxx

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