Larry - On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:15:38PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 11/28/2005, Debbie Tropiano wrote: > >It was reported to me that "If you install Windows XP svc pack 2 and then > >install Cygwin, it will lock out permissions to the Administrator on many > >of the critical file folders. We did not receive an uninstall executable > >to undo the damage, so all we can do is reinstall the OS from scratch and > >reconfigure all the settings on the PCs." > > I think it's fair to say that this problem report lacks enough specificity > to speculate with much certainty as to why someone would encounter this > difficulty. ...
Thanks. I was afraid of that, but it was all the information that I was given and then the system was re-installed (without Cygwin). I'll see if I can figure out more about what happens with the installs when I have time, but I'm not optimistic about it (I'm a *nix sysadmin and am trying to understand Windows but don't have much time to spend doing so). Debbie -- | Debbie Tropiano | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Environmental Sciences Laboratory | +1 512 835 3367 w | | Applied Research Laboratories of UT Austin | +1 512 835 3544 fax | | P.O. Box 8029, Austin, TX 78713-8029 | home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
