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Re: registry question
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:10:18PM -0400, Robinow, David wrote:
> > From: John [mailto:lists@shell.reiteration.net]
> > Subject: Re: registry question
> > Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> > > At 11:22 AM 5/30/2002, John wrote:
> > > >Quick question: can cygwin be installed on an NT machine
> > > >without modifying the registry?
> > >
> > > No, there is currently no option to do this via setup.
> >
> > Cheers for the quick reply Harry.
> >
> > Is there a 'manual' way to setup that would not involve the setup tool?
> > Are registry keys required for cygwin to work? or is there a workaround?
> Is there some reason you don't want to modify the registry?
> This request seems very strange to me.
It's because where I work is just contracted to support outlook,
and I don't want to use Outlook, and I haven't got admin access.
If admin don't need to login to let me install stuff they are happy
for me to run what I like.
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