How to Install Oracle Client 10g on Windows 7

Checking operating system requirements ...
Expected result: One of 5.0,5.1,5.2,6.0
Actual Result: 6.1
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< Problem: Oracle Database
10g is not certified on the current operating system. Recommendation: Make sure you are
installing the software on the correct platform.
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To workaround this problem I've decided to edit refhost.xml file adding entry for Windows 7.

Location of this file on my system:

c:\Install_Location...\client\stage\prereq\client\refhost.xml

This is excerpt from my newly edited refhost.xml file:

























New lines are added at the end of this excerpt after . Notice
version value=6.1.