Re: Win2000
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- Subject: [mg28748] Re: Win2000
- From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:00:28 -0400 (EDT)
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"George Thiel" <thiel at us.ibm.com> wrote in message news:9dg56s$j32 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi All, > > sorry if this is not the right place to post this question, but I'm not > sure where else to turn. > > I can not get Mathematica 4.1 to run on my new machine (ThinkPad > 600X) running Windows 2000. > > It appears as if the Kernel never gets loaded. I can input a command > and the "running" words flash up, but there is no output. > > If I try to run jsut the Kernel, after putting in the requested info, > the > programs returns a message that the password is not valid. > > I can install and run the Mathemtica 4.1 on a Windows 98 machine and > run without a problem. > > Wolfram Research has not been much help, but it seems to be an > operating system problem. > > Has anyone had this problem or know what I might tweak inWin2000 to get > this > to run? The problem is not Windows 2000, on which I am running Mathematica 4.1 as we speak. You need to de-install, re-install from your CD, and enter your password at the appropriate moment during the installation. -- Paul Lutus www.arachnoid.com