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Re: Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing

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

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