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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Bash startup problems on Windows 2008 server
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On Jun 25 10:20, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> I know this is a lame suggestion, but I figure it can't hurt to throw
> it out there anyway:
> 
> Does explicitly running setup.exe as Administrator make any difference here?
> 
> I wouldn't expect it to matter on Vista, but perhaps Server '08, in
> the name of heightened security for servers, doesn't do the automatic
> privilege escalation for setup programs?

Interesting suggestion, but I doubt it.  Setup.exe works really fine
for me, with UAC enabled.  However, trying that doesn't hurt, right?


Corinna

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