Hi >What are the guidelines for determining whether one or the other should be >chosen during the installation process?
I would say it isn't much differnece when looking at LyX, it is more the number of helper program which is installed as well. I would guess that if you have a reasonably quick internet connection you are are safe with the LyXWinInstaller Read more details in: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller hth, Ingar
