From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32646 invoked by alias); 15 Jan 2009 20:05:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 32635 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Jan 2009 20:05:23 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from simon.codemeta.com (HELO simon.codemeta.com) (199.125.75.14) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:04:48 +0000 Received: by simon.codemeta.com (Postfix, from userid 115) id 4F4AB44ACD; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:04:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by simon.codemeta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A17544AAC for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:04:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <496F96D3.90406@veritech.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:00 -0000 From: "Lee D. Rothstein" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.25: Vista x64 - can't install, no (known) BLODAs, rebase not helping References: <496E18B8.7010304@utoronto.ca> In-Reply-To: <496E18B8.7010304@utoronto.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.0.1 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00473.txt.bz2 Alexander Smith wrote: > I am running Vista Home Premium x64. After checking the BLODA > , I > turned off Windows Defender. I also tried running rebaseall, but > that still didn't help. Below is a list of the steps I followed > to try to install cygwin, and the errors I got. I also had > trouble running cygcheck (see #7, below). > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6 Yep, happens every time on My Vista 64b HP. > This is NOT an accurate reflection of what my registry looks > like. I have a registry key > "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node" and its > only contents are a single key called "Microsoft". Yep, I've reported this before. Also, 'cygcheck' still indicates that Vista is unsupported, and AFAIK, that's no longer true. AFAIK, there are certain Cygwin package (initial?) installs that can't be accomplished on Vista (32b or 64b) without turning off UAC (User Account Control). See: Control Panel / User Accounts / Turn User Account Control On or Off Reboot (What Microsoft OSs do best, or at least most frequently ;-)) Good luck, Mr. Phelps, Lee -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/