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With the recent OS changes (windows 2000) necessitated by various worms, etc, I have now been receiving this error message when I run update and I am not sure how I can correct. >update.packages() >trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES' Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep = "/"), : cannot open: HTTP

This is not a bug. It indicates that *you* don't have direct internet access. There is an item in the rw-FAQ about this. Please do not use R-bugs to report problems in your own environment, nor to ask questions (especially those covered in FAQs). On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 ggruene@lumc.edu wrote: > With the recent OS changes (windows 2000) necessitated by various worms, etc, I have now been receiving this error message when I run update and I am not sure how I can correct. > > >update.packages() > >trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib...