@All, I found the problem. I needed to add the application to my firewall. Also, I needed to install the exe as Administrator (right click the exe and select run as administrator). It all works so beautifully know. I apologize to everyone for my stupidity... lol.
Chris -----Original Message----- >From: Chris Stafford <cstaff...@mindspring.com> >Sent: Feb 20, 2010 1:35 PM >To: cygwin@cygwin.com >Subject: Setup.exe does not work. > >All, > >I downloaded and ran setup.exe. I have Windows Vista x64. I get to the part >that wants to pick a download site. None are listed, it should automatically >find the sites for me. Anyways, I go back to your site, find a mirror then >click on it. Example: http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/cygwin/cygwin/. I then copy >from the address bar and past it into the setup.exe and click add. I am not >typing it. I then click next. I get an error that says "Unable to get >setup.ini from <http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/cygwin/cygwin/>. I can access the >mirror myself from my web browser. Why can't I get the full download and >download it myself, then install it? This is probably a firewall issue or a >setup glitch. Normally when a program wants access to the internet, my >firewall triggers and asks me if I want to let the program through. This setup >program seems to not even try to get to the internet. Does anyone have a >resolution to this problem. For example, what needs to change on the firewall >to let setup through? > >Chris > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
