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Re: Windows Vista
Scott Fordin wrote:
> > No. The error you got is unlikely to be as a result of Vista. Try a
> > different mirror.
>
> Also make sure that you run the Cygwin setup as Administrator. This
> doesn't just mean that your user account has Administrator rights;
> you have to right-click the Cygwin setup.exe and then choose "Run
> as Administrator" from the pop-up menu.
Eh? I just installed on Vista yesterday and all I had to do was click
on setup.exe. Vista asked to run it as administrator since the
executable is named setup.exe. I didn't have to do anything special.
BTW this is not X-specific so you should probably ask on the main list
unless you have X related issues.
Brian
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