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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 01:58:30 +0100
From: John <jfm AT shell DOT reiteration DOT net>
To: "Robinow, David" <drobinow AT dayton DOT adroit DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: registry question
Message-ID: <20020531015830.A6665@shell.reiteration.net>
References: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D767B2219 AT wilber DOT adroit DOT com>
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In-Reply-To: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D767B2219@wilber.adroit.com>; from drobinow@dayton.adroit.com on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:10:18PM -0400

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:10:18PM -0400, Robinow, David wrote:
> > From: John [mailto:lists AT shell DOT reiteration DOT net]
> > Subject: Re: registry question
> > Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> > > At 11:22 AM 5/30/2002, John wrote:
> > > >Quick question: can cygwin be installed on an NT machine 
> > > >without modifying the registry? 
> > > 
> > > No, there is currently no option to do this via setup.
> > 
> > Cheers for the quick reply Harry.
> > 
> > Is there a 'manual' way to setup that would not involve the setup tool?
> > Are registry keys required for cygwin to work? or is there a workaround?
>  Is there some reason you don't want to modify the registry?
> This request seems very strange to me.

It's because where I work is just contracted to support outlook,
and I don't want to use Outlook, and I haven't got admin access.

If admin don't need to login to let me install stuff they are happy
for me to run what I like.

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