Re: Cannot install on Win XP

On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 03:22:43AM +0000, hz hzmonte wrote:
> 
> "Convenience" means that just blaming "something" without due consideration to the cause.  For example, it is convenient to conclude that there must be "something" wrong with a student if he fails an exam while some others, or even all of the rest of the students pass.  I think a good educator should carefully look into the matter before making the conclusion, at least finding out what that "something" is.
> As I said in my original post, per https://miktex.org/kb/prerequisites, "Windows XP with Service Pack 3; only partially supported: TeXworks will not work"  To me, that means Miktex except TeXworks should work on Win XP SP3.  And Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000 are (truly) unsupported: "MiKTeX does not work on legacy Windows platforms (Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000)".  "partially supported" certainly should not mean it works on some configs of WinXP and does not work on other configs of WinXP.

Things can fail on Windows in lots of mysterious ways.

But here is another suggestion: install either portable MiKTeX or
regular TeX Live in portable mode on another system, and transfer it
to your XP computer.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg

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