incomplete/corrupted setup.exe

[Dave Korn]

On 12/03/2010 12:17, George Barrick wrote:

>       It looks like the newest version of
> the setup.exe has been transmitted
> incompletely to the server.  Its size is
> only 10.9 kBt, but the typical setup.exe is
> 610 kBt.  When I try to run the downloaded
> program, it crashes immediately with:
> 
> D:\cygwin\setup.exe
> The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> CS:05eb IP:0268 OP:63 65 6e 73 65 Choose 'Close' to
>       terminate the application.

  Nah, your (or your ISP's) web proxy is broken.  That's ASCII in that there
file, you got some kind of error message rather than a download.

63 65 6e 73 65 = "cense".

  Take a look at the file in notepad, why don't you?

    cheers,
      DaveK

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