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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:03:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: "Lee D. Rothstein" <lee AT veritech DOT com>
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Subject: Re: setup hangs during postinstall
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Lee D. Rothstein wrote:

> 'setup.exe' hangs during the posinstall phase,
> regardless of whether 'setup.exe' is invoked from, any of the
> following:
>
>  1.  Double clicking the 'setup.exe' icon/item in Explorer folder
>      containing it
>  2.  Internet Explorer http://Cygwin.com link
>  3.  Start Menu 'Run' box
>
I think we just classified all these as "explorer".

>  4.  Windows DOS console command line
>
There was a conflicting report on this one here:

http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00574.html

> Do the core Cygwin developers have installed the following?:
>
I'm not a core Cygwin developer, but...

>  * Latest Windows 2K/XP updates?
I see it even on NT4 w/ approximately the latest updates.

>  * Norton AntiVirus (NAV)?
No.

>  * NAV, latest code and virust definitions?
>    (Yes, I've tried exiting the virus scanner, first -- no
>    effect)
See above.

>  * Microsoft Office applications?
Nope.

>  * Multiport interconnect disks (Firewire, USB2, SCSI)?
Nope.

>  * APC UPS Power Chute monitor
>  * MS chain interconnect hardware manager (for SCSI, FireWire)
>  * MS speaker/audio control
>  * NAV scanner (when not disabled)
>  * Adaptec create CD
>
None apply here.

> One other difference that may be relevant is that I install all
> of Cygwin on my systems.
>
Me too.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
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