Richard Querin wrote: >> I removed all the Sonic products If you reinstall, just elect not to install the DLA piece. It's what lets you use a rewritable optical disk as if it were a floppy. Such software often causes problems, not just with Cygwin, due to the nature of the task. (CDs weren't designed to be rewritable...) -- 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/