[GNC] Gnucash download insufficient permissions

[David Carlson]

Microsoft has upped the ante to prevent malefactors from infecting our
computers and antivirus software is also doing it's part in protecting us.
However, they sometimes also protect us from infection from "unknown"
sources like gnucash.org.

On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> 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 <rlosey at gmail.com> 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 <ahk at chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 12:30pm -0000 12/24/25 R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> 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.
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-- 
David Carlson