Struggle with simple first time install on 2008 R2

[Jon Turney]

On 20/10/2025 17:52, Hans-Peter Jansen via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm a newbie on Cygwin, but in a project, I need rsync on a Windows Server
> 2008 R2 system.
> 
>  From the docs, I know, that Cygwin 3.4.10 is the last version, that supports
> such a fossil. Since the setup Version numbering differs, I think, that 	
> setup-2.928.x86_64.exe is the latest version, that is supported.
> 
> But anyway, I've reproduced the issue even with Version setup-2.909.x86_64.exe
> from July 2021, hence something essential is failing for me.
[...]>
> Here's my procedure, executed in cmd.exe with admin privileges:
> 
[...]
> 
> All postinstall procedures then trigger an error message from dash.exe:
> The procedure entry point ‘GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime’ was not found in
> the DLL ‘KERNEL32.dll’.
> 
> Kind of expected.

Indeed.

Please try the instructions at

https://cygwin.com/install.html#unsupported