I tried just using the executable, but the windows version still needs to access
the  registry and win.ini, which i don't have access to. I installed the DOS
version and it works fine, but i'd like to use the windows version eventually.
Thanks for your help, though.

---John.

Ken Cecka wrote:

> Also, since you only have access to the H drive (an non-standard drive
> letter), it may be a roaming profile, or a unix account being accessed via
> Samba.  I don't have a lot of details, but I know we use samba at school
> here at the University of Washington, and occasionaly encounter problems
> with Windows programs which freak out about the unix mapping.  Haven't
> really found a fix, we just end up having to save temporarily to the C drive
> and then copy stuff over when we're done.  I guess that won't help you
> though.  If all else fails, install the dos versoin of pov, that shouldn't
> require access to the registry or anything.  You could even (if you're
> desparate) install at home or on another computer and zip up the
> installation and unzip it on your account.  All you really need is the
> executable.  Good luck.
>
> Ken
>
> Johannes Hubert wrote in message <3618ef23.0@news.povray.org>...
> >John Holmes wrote in message <3618D36F.21B25F28@eng.auburn.edu>...
> >>
> >>It is NT4.0 I don't follow NT very much, I though 5.0 was out and I wasn't
> >sure
> >>if maybe they had that version.
> >
> >5.0 is still beta.
> >However, I am sorry that I can't help you with your problem. I run POV on
> NT
> >4.0 without problems -on *very* different computers: P60 [slooooow!] and
> >PII300 :-)
> >
> >Do you know if the school computers have the Service Pack 3 installed?
> >Have you had success installing other stuff? Maybe your user rights are
> very
> >limited (for example access to the registry). That could be a reason for
> the
> >installation to fail (if your school doesn't want students to install
> >stuff). But I am only guessing here...
> >
> >Johannes.
> >
> >
> >
> >

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