Hi,
Dave Korn wrote: > > On 04 December 2007 13:18, Wilfried wrote: > ... >> I also observed this, even with UAC (User Account Control) deactivated. > ... > Is it possible that the same thing is happening as a result of running > setup.exe as an admin user under vista but running cygwin itself as the > ordinary limited user? > ... > I had just problems running startx, which failed with a forking error, and I found the thread about the need to run programs with 'instal' in their name under 'elevated' rights: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1020271&SiteID=1 ...and I wonder what is the status of all this. Now, my startx suddenly succeeded twice in a row. I re-ran setup.exe as Administrator, and got the same dialog as twice before already: This program might not have been installed correctly ... offering to 'reinstall using recommended settings'... I could find no mention of this in the FAQ. I have not deactivated the UAC, should I? Thanks, Marc -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/tetex-on-Vista-tp14108577p14297841.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
