On Feb 8, 2008 11:29 PM, Mel Rosso-Llopart <> wrote: > Every attempt to get setup to work has failed. Either I get an empty > directory tree for cygwin on my C: drive or setup aborts with the tradition > XP failure window to send a message to Microsoft. Some interesting > symptoms: > 1) Dr. Watson also aborts after trying to dump the setup dump > 2) When the screen comes up to show my locations from which to select my > download, it is always blank > > I have downloaded and installed cygwin in the past, but his is a new > computer, new configuration. > > Suggestions on what else to try would be appreciated. > > Mel
If it is a new computer, did it come preinstalled with some sort of anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-malware, firewall suite (like from McAfee or Symantec)? If so, there could be a conflict there. Search the cygwin mailing list archives for details and examples. -Jason -- 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/
