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

[Jon TURNEY]

On 18/02/2010 03:38, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
> And that is the problem (server, shell and xterm have to run as
administrator). Even if the programs are set to run at elevated privilege,
they will still throw up a UAC dialog, and the user will have to type in an
administrator password.

I think, as I said before, that this is Vista 'functioning as designed'.  If 
you set an application to run as administrator, you will get a UAC prompt.

If you tell us what the problems are with the programs which cause them to 
require administrator privileges, then perhaps we can fix them.

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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