Re: BUG #2893: Non-standard theme explodes the installer.

To me this sounds like the theme is broken. Especially since we only use it to look for terminal services stuff iirc. it'd be interesting to see if this can be
reproduced on a different non standard
theme.

/Magnus

------- Original message -------
From: Ilya Kogan <ikogan(at)cs(dot)ohiou(dot)edu>
Sent: 1-14-'07, 20:05

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2893
> Logged by: Ilya Kogan
> Email address: ikogan(at)cs(dot)ohiou(dot)edu
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.6
> Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP-2
> Description: Non-standard theme explodes the installer.
> Details:
>
> I was trying to install 8.1.6 via the MSI installer and would keep getting
> "Could not get system metrics: 8" when trying to get past "Installation
> Notes" screen. After reading a bit about GetSystemMetrics, I decided to
> switch from my non-standard theme (Some msstyle downloaded from something
> that was googled) to Windows Classic.
>
> Surprisingly, the error went away and I was free to finish installing.
>
> I also tried installing 8.2 previously and that went without a hitch.
>
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