yes, turning off norton antivirus sloved my problem. thanks everyone for your time. adam -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/cygwin-install-possibly-stuck-tf4829298.html#a13849710 Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/