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On 4/15/2010 5:56 PM, Hussein Patwa wrote:

If reported problems before the release of 1.7 were any indications, you'll
find running 1.5 on Windows 7 a sub-par experience.  I myself haven't been
interested in trying it.

> However, I tried running the legacy setup but Cygwin will not start, with
> the Windows 7 Subsystem for Unix complaining of invalid applications and
> .pif files.

Can you explain this sentence?  No matter how many times I read it, I can't
make sense of all the content together.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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