Google suggests that that error message is usually associated with cell phone 
browsers, so what exactly are you doing (all steps, including browser info)? I 
doubt that this an issue with R as such, more likely you have a general issue 
with large downloads.

- Peter D


On 07 May 2014, at 19:37 , Stephanie Sangalang <sosangal...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear R-Help volunteers,
> 
> I received this error message when I tried to install R on my laptop: "The 
> page is too large to send back." The laptop has Windows 8, x64, enough memory 
> space, and open access (I have administrative rights). I have installed SPSS 
> and SQL but have never installed R. I tried multiple times to install R and 
> reviewed the information and FAQs from the R Project website. Unfortunately, 
> I have not been able to find any answers. 
> 
> If possible, can you please tell me:
> 1) What does this error message mean?
> 2) What (if any) was the original error?
> 3) How I may resolve the error in order to successfully install R? 
> 
> I admit that I am a novice when it comes to software, so, it is highly likely 
> that I have made a mistake. I would greatly appreciate any advice you could 
> give me. Thank you very much for your assistance!
> 
> Best regards,
> Stephanie Sangalang 
> 
>> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 16:52:51 +0100
>> From: rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
>> To: sosangal...@hotmail.com; c...@r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: Installation problem
>> 
>> On 06/05/2014 13:27, Stephanie Sangalang wrote:
>>> Dear R-Project Team,
>>> 
>>> I have not been able to install R on my laptop. I received the error
>>> message, "This page is too large to send back." My laptop currently has
>>> SPSS and SQL. Can you please help me resolve this issue? Thank you very
>>> much!
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Stephanie Sangalang
>> 
>> This is CRAN: ask for help on R-help after studying its posting guide at 
>> http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html .
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brian D. Ripley,                  rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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