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ERR ‘REP-3002: Error initializing printer’

Posted by on December 12, 2008 No comments

Problem:

After installing Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2, submitted Active Users report. Concurrent request fails with message

‘REP-3002: Error initializing printer’

Solution:

To implement the solution, please execute the following steps:

1. Define a dummy printer on the server to be defined as local printer.

2. Set this dummy printer to be the default.

3. Make the following updates in the registry, before making any changes to the registry you should always make a backup copy:

Complete path Regedit:

HKEY_USERSS-1-5-...............SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionDevices

You will find String value with name as the newly defined printer

Same goes to:

HKEY_USERSS-1-5-...............SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPrinterPorts

You will find String value with name as the newly defined printer

HKEY_USERSS-1-5-...............SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWindows

You will find String value with name “Device” and has value including the printer name as defined

All the above string values should also be set under the following paths for the valid printer to be seen by all users

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionDevices
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPrinterPorts
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWindows

11i Installation Troubleshooting

Posted by on March 17, 2008 No comments

Installation of 11i instance on Windows Server 2003

1. Installed Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual Studio Service Pack 4

2. Set IP address in hosts file

3. Installed ActivePerl and Microsoft XML Parser

4. Started staging process:
cd
perl E:Disk1rapidwizadautocfg.pl

Error Encountered:
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Only 12-13 files copied from Start CD

5. Uninstalled MKS Toolkit from C:Program Files and reinstalled it to C:mksnt

6. Changed TEMP environment variables to C:TEMP

7. Retried staging process:

Error Encountered:
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Failed to copy adautocfg.pl to C:TEMPstaging

8. Determined which perl was being executed:
which perl

perl from MKS Toolkit being executed, because it is ahead of ActivePerl on path.

9. Uninstalled and reinstalled ActivePerl.

10. Retried staging process. Same error (Failed to copy adautocfg.pl to C:TEMPstaging)

11. Modified PATH environment variable so that ActivePerl (C:PERLbin) ahead of MKS Toolkit in path

12. Retried staging process. Staging progressing without errors.

13. Started installation by running rapidwiz

Error Encountered:
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‘which’ not found

Solution:
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In Rapid Install, set MKS Directory to C:mksntmksnt

Error Encountered:
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‘gnumake’ not found

Solution:
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Unzip make3.81 tar, set VC environment (VCVARS.bat), compiled gnumake (build_w32.bat) and copied gnumake.exe to C:Windowssystem32. Check that gnumake is in path by typing ‘which gnumake’

14. No errors encountered while installing. Post-install steps completed successfully.

15. After installing, logged on to application and submitted concurrent job. ‘Inactive Manager’

Error Encountered:
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Active Users report completed on error:

ERR REP-3002: Error initializing printer. Please make sure a printer is installed.

Solution:
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Checked Metalink Doc ID: Note:365267.1 (Subject: All Requests End In Error With REP-3002: Error Initializing Printer)

Installed a local printer (Epson FX-80)

Error Encountered:
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Internet Explorer crashing when forms are loaded.

Solution:
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Deinstall JInitiator and reinstall it.