From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17808 invoked by alias); 18 Feb 2010 05:08:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 17799 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Feb 2010 05:08:22 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (HELO qw-out-1920.google.com) (74.125.92.145) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:08:18 +0000 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so1130817qwk.20 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:08:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.5.82 with SMTP id 18mr2185530qau.336.1266469696553; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:08:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.101? (S010600112f237275.wp.shawcable.net [24.76.241.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm6419648qyk.9.2010.02.17.21.08.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:08:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B7CCB43.8060003@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:08:00 -0000 From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing References: <002601caa46e$d3a78750$7af695f0$@com> <4B7C451C.2050302@users.sourceforge.net> <4B7C90FC.1060909@ohelp.com> In-Reply-To: <4B7C90FC.1060909@ohelp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-02/txt/msg00087.txt.bz2 On 17/02/2010 18:59, Scott Fordin wrote: > FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server, > bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work. There is nothing about the X server that requires Administrator privileges. I run W7 with the default UAC settings and I never see a prompt. Yaakov Cygwin/X -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/