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Kermit 95 (C-Kermit for Windows) - scriptable internet and serial communications with terminal emulation
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Install programs should initialize TAPI #279

Open davidrg opened 1 month ago

davidrg commented 1 month ago

From the K95 bugs list:

Kermit 95 requires that the Telephony API (TAPI) be configured for the machine for all users of the machine. The Telephony subsystem is configured using the Phone and Modems Options control panel. If TAPI has not been configured, TAPI will attempt to prompt the user for configuration data the first time the subsystem is activated by an application. If the user account under which the application is started does not have the necessary privileges to make changes to the local machine configuration (they are not Administrator), the application which uses TAPI will fail to start properly. In the case of Kermit 95, this means that while the Kermit 95 GUI Window (or console window) may open properly, the application will be unusable for about two minutes until the TAPI subsystem fails. The fact that the TAPI subsystem is left unconfigured after the Kermit 95 installation should be considered a bug in the Kermit 95 installer. The installer really should query TAPI to force the configuration of the machine.

As we've discarded the original installer and yet to build something new, any bugs related to the old installer don't really apply. So this issue is really a reminder to avoid recreating this bug in whatever new installers come along.