Re: Windows Server 2008 R2 & Client Access installation

On 12 Mar 2013 10:06, Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok I've Googled, Moogled, Boogled& even Binged once but I can't for the
life of me get client access v7.1 (or v6.1 for that matter) to install.
Even using an administrator login & choosing "Run as administrator" I
continue to get an error "Could not read value Version from key
SOFTWARE\IBM\Client Access\CurrentVersion. The install cannot continue."

Client Access has never been installed on this server so I would have
expected that would not be an issue. I've tried installing from the IFS,
network share & even locally on the PC drive to no avail. Has anyone
had/overcome this issue?

Ironically the only article I found on the web, http://www.iprodeveloper.com/forums/aft/135571
has "Tommy Holden" offering in response to that same error:
"[F]or v6.1 and higher of Client Access there is a M$ update that you'll have to load (if you don't already have it installed)
http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/software/access/windows/casp.html#downloadprob_1
..."

And an additional comment by "J Taylor" following the one above, suggesting that "On Win7, I've found that 64 bit clients require both the 32 & 64 bit MS patches." So perhaps the same on Win8?

The IBM link is an "IBM i Access"->Windows->"Service Packs" link, with the top bullet in red... which may or may not be to what the reference was made, but suggests the "both 32 and 64 bit executables on a 64 bit PC" are required to be applied from the given MS link:
"REQUIRED ACTION: Before installing 7.1 service packs available after April 2, 2012 OR 6.1 service packs available after June 2009, click here:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/access/windows_sp.html#action
..."