Bug #9171 Windows Installer hangs
Submitted: 14 Mar 2005 17:00 Modified: 14 Mar 2005 19:34
Reporter: s wasden Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / ODBC Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:3.51.11 OS:Windows (XP pro sp1)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[14 Mar 2005 17:00] s wasden 
Description:
The installation just hangs.  The progress bar is at about 80%, the text says "Initializing"  How hard could it be to install an odbc driver!?  Word to the wise: stop using Wise Installer--I've used both Wise installer and InstallShield extensively, and Wise installer is TROUBLE!  (I don't like Windows Installer either--and that may be the real problem)

How to repeat:
Run the installation

Suggested fix:
Provide a NON Windows Installer version to install the ODBC driver.  Get away from Wise Installer
[14 Mar 2005 17:12] s wasden 
I downloaded from a different mirror (http rather than ftp) and it worked fine.  The mirror that had the apparently bad download was Corvalis.  

When I first attempted to install I rebooted my machine after the first hang.  Then I attempted two more times.  

Maybe the real solution is for me to get away from Windows??  Sorry for the hassles.  I don't change my comments regarding Wise Installer, though it, perhaps was not the issue here.

Cheers