In case of problems setting up Claude on your computer

Greetings everyone,

it seems that since a few days Claude is overrun by new customers. Actually you might be rejected when you want to try out Claude. If that happens to you: Try a different E-Mail-Adress; this helped in my case.

Now this also means that if you want to connect your Terminal or other tools on your computer with Claude so called time outs may happen which results in the fact that you can't use Claude in the Terminal, with VS Code and so on. Now I know this is annoying... as I'm experiencing this myself. So just wait for an hour or so and try again. This is what always happens when lots of users decide to use a new service at the same time. And if I got it right, then they are currently flooded with new users.

Now for those who don't know much about online services (as a server administrator I do) this may seem unreasonable and you might think that getting more servers online or renting more resources at some cloud provider might do the trick. Alas it's not that easy. Actually, if it were, folks like me would have to look for a new profession.

So for the time being: This problem will pass. So for the time being just use Claude Desktop (or the web interface)... while it may not be the real deal, it should be sufficient as a starting point.

Best regards,

Malcolm

P.S. Sorry for the "photograph". Haven't figured up, why the upload didn't work properly...

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