To me this sounds like the theme is broken. Especially since we only use it to look for terminal services stuff iirc.
it'dbe interesting to see if this can be
reproduced on a different non standard
theme.
/Magnus
------- Original message -------
From: Ilya Kogan <ikogan@cs.ohiou.edu>
Sent: 1-14-'07, 20:05
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2893
> Logged by: Ilya Kogan
> Email address: ikogan@cs.ohiou.edu
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.6
> Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP-2
> Description: Non-standard theme explodes the installer.
> Details:
>
> I was trying to install 8.1.6 via the MSI installer and would keep getting
> "Could not get system metrics: 8" when trying to get past "Installation
> Notes" screen. After reading a bit about GetSystemMetrics, I decided to
> switch from my non-standard theme (Some msstyle downloaded from something
> that was googled) to Windows Classic.
>
> Surprisingly, the error went away and I was free to finish installing.
>
> I also tried installing 8.2 previously and that went without a hitch.
>
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