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

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net
Thu Feb 18 05:08:00 GMT 2010


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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