On Feb 17 17:16, Devor, Tevi wrote: > We think we have found the reason for this: > > It has to do with > > To see the setting on your system do: > Click of Start > Right-click Computer > Click Properties > Click "Advanced system settings" > In the Performance frame click Settings > Click the "Data Execution Prevention" tab > If the "Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only" is > selected then cygwin will work OK > If the "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select" is > selected (and you have not entered any of the cygwin stuff as selected) then > you will NOT be able to open a cygwin window. > > The above is true for both ia-32 and Intel64 win2008 systems.
Has been discussed already a couple of times so it's in the archives, for instance here http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-10/msg00459.html and here http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-02/msg00361.html Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
