Finally got it to work without a CD.
Two keys:
(1) Add the -nojit flag to the JRE_MEMORY_OPTI ONS in oraparam.ini, and
(2) Rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.old (KEY STUFF - 1 alone didn't do it.)
Now my 8.1.7 client is running just fine on Windows 2000. - MOD
Two keys:
(1) Add the -nojit flag to the JRE_MEMORY_OPTI ONS in oraparam.ini, and
(2) Rename symcjit.dll to symcjit.dll.old (KEY STUFF - 1 alone didn't do it.)
Now my 8.1.7 client is running just fine on Windows 2000. - MOD