Try the client from here. http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle11g/111070_win32_2008soft.html When you do the installer, I think instead of runInstaller, it's just setup.exe. In the setup.exe issue, setup.exe -ignoresysprereqs and see what happens? I did a blog post where I was able to install it (memory is cloudy now). You may have to install it as the admin user on the box. http://www.oraclerant.com/?p=77 Let us know what happens and what specific errors you receive. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My new DBA was given a Windows7 32-bit pc. She has not been able to get an > oracle client to install/work for her. She said she saw something that said > to ignore the pre-req checks but it didn't work. I didn't hover while she > tried so I don't have the exact message. Has anyone seen this? Any > suggestions? She needs the client in order for other software to work. > > -- > Sandy > Transzap, Inc. > -- Thomas Roach 813-404-6066 troach@xxxxxxxxx