Re: Basic Install Problem on Windows XP

[James McDonald <james jamesmcdonald id au>]

Herman van Beek wrote:
> OS: Windows The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction Pro, 
> Version 2002, Service Pack 2
>
> Tried to install 
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/dia-installer/dia-setup-0.96.1-7.exe.  
> Downloaded file and double-clicked on it. Get Error message about 
> NTVDM CPU encountering an illegal instruction.
>
> Looked in FAQ and last 6 months of messages but no luck. What is 
> missing on my system or what am I doing wrong?
Are you running this program from a command prompt? if so it appears you 
are launching it via command.com (the windows 16 bit shell) and it is 
therefore trying to run via the NTVDM (NT Virtual Dos Machine).

make sure you are using cmd.exe as the command shell.


> Thanks and regards,
> Herman
> --
>  ____________________________________________________
>  Herman van Beek            email: hvanbeek tx rr com
>  2816 Biscayne Drive        phone: 972.596.9524
>  Plano, Texas 75075-7504      fax: 509.692.3503
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dia-list mailing list
> Dia-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq
> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
>
>