setup.exe : can't get lists of download sites

Gonzague GENET gonzague.genet@wanadoo.fr
Wed Jan 21 10:47:00 GMT 2004


Unfortunatly after turning off ALL unknown w2k services to be sure that any
firewall is running, setup still does the same thing.... grrrr...
But I've find a "solution". After a w2k reinstallation, it works.

Thanks anyway.
>
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, gonzague genet wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I get this error when running setup.exe :
> > Can't get list of download sites. Make sure your network settings are
> > connect and try again.
> >
> > I DO NOT use any firewall nor anti-virus software,
> > I can open the url:
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst with IE5
> >
> > I'm using Windows 2000 Pro SP3
> > Setup.exe is ver 2.416
> >
> > I have searched in the mail archives and with google for help and found
> > nothing that could help me.
> >
> > Thanks in advanced.
> > Gonzague.
>
> Try telling setup to "Use IE5 Settings" (on the "Connection Type" page).
> If that doesn't work, *do* double-check that you don't have firewall
> software (AFAIR, XP comes with one built-in).
> 	Igor
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