Problem installing Cygwin 1.7.25 64 bit on W7 and W8

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Same experience here.
I once pushed "continue" on the "incomplete download" error dialog by 
mistake, that resulted in uninstalling of the selected packages for 
updates, including cygwin (except for cygwin1.dll).

(2013/09/01 22:17), Helmut Billig wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to update a well running cygwin installation from Cygwin 1.7.24
> (64 bit release) to Cygwin 1.7.25 on W7. Setup (most recent version from
> cygwin.com) didn't succeed because of "incomplete download". I tried
> severel different mirrors, everytime the same problem. Then I removed
> the cygwin installation, i.e. deleted the folder, tried to install again
> and got the same error. Disabeling all Virusscanner and Firewall
> software didn't help.
> Defenitely it is not a problem of lack of discspace or something like that.
> A test with the 32 bit release (Cygwin 1.7.24) worked fine without any
> issue.
> On W8 i had exactely the same behaviour.
>
> Regards
> Helmut
>
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