I've never needed the administrator account to download GnuCash; I DO need it to install the program.
The download error was clearly some problem with the mirror I was directed to (the Miama USA one). On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > I think permissions is the key word. Probably need to use administrator > account > > David Carlson > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 3:39 PM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This was using the current version of Firefox. I've never had trouble >> before; it may have been the mirror site, not us... >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 12:30pm -0000 12/24/25 R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >I had a similar problem; went to download Windows 5.14, and the >> download >> > >never started... I clicked on Problems with Download, and changed the >> > >Mirror source from Miami (where it had been) to New York, and it then >> > >downloaded just fine. >> > >> > Is your browser Microsoft Edge? Yes, I have noticed that it will not >> > download executable files without the user jumping through additional >> > hoops, >> > but I haven't noticed that limited to a specific file server. Weird. >> > >> > When I download in Firefox, it's never attempted to block the download >> of >> > executable files. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> >> >> -- >> _________________________________ >> Richard Losey >> [email protected] >> Micah 6:8 >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
