[born2c0de]

I have a copy of Oracle 8i Client installed on Windows XP Pro.
The problem is that whenever Windows startsup the Process oracle80.exe is loaded and an illegal operation error due to a file strtdb80.exe is reported. Why does this error show?
I searched all over the registry and elsewhere for references to oracle80.exe and strtdb80.exe and could find nothing. The only place which I found was related was in win.ini that was:

[Oracle]
ORA_CONFIG=C:\Orawin\oracle.ini
ORA_CONFIG1=c:\orawin\oracle.ini

But still it makes no sense. Here are the actual two problems:

• How does oracle80.exe and strtdb80.exe Startup?
  
• Why does strtdb80.exe report an error?

Thanks.

P.S -> Should I post a screenshot of the error?

[Amadeus]

It may a problem with the Oracle services that run a startup. Have you tired setting all Oracle related services to manual?

[skyhawk133]

I asked one of the folks I work with and he said to go ahead and post a screen shot. He also wanted to know if you're sure all you installed is the client. The reason he asked is because strtdb80.exe is to start the DB, it will run as a service but He has never seen that .exe in a client only install.

[born2c0de]

hmm...maybe I could have installed other stuff too...I'll post the screenshot in a while...as I have to restart my PC to see that error again.....but how do I set oracle services to Manual...Please let me know....I'm new to Oracle.

[Amadeus]

I'd first check and see if what, if any, Oracle related services are running as automatic on your machine. Are you running windows? If so, then go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services to see what's running. If you see anything Oracle related as automatic, stop it and switch it to manual. Then reboot and see if the problem is still there.

[born2c0de]

Thanks a lot....just what i wanted....the strtdb80.exe file was right there set as automatic along with oracle80.exe...Thanks.
Just out of curiosity...is there any way for us make changes to the services ie. manual/automatic/disabled programmatically?

[Amadeus]

No problem on the response, I've been through similar situations before. As to whether or not you can make those changes programatically, I'll be honest - I don't know. I'm sure there is a way to do it, but it may entail having access to some source code files that frankly, Windows does not allow. This may be the case, it may not. Changing the manner in which Windows functions (even for the better) is not as easy as it is with Linux (gotta love it).

There are some good sites out there about tweaking and modifying Windows, so they may have the information you need to do it.

[born2c0de]

thanks again