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Hi, Chuck, Do I have to say it? D'Oh! At 14:35 2002-11-24, Charles Wilson wrote: >Guys, I'm really surprised nobody has mentioned the obvious culprit (or >asked the obvious question): > >Anti virus software? Was McAfee or Norton (but esp. McAfee) running while >setup.exe was executed? > >I *always* disable McAfee before running setup. Every time I forget, I >get a bluescreen. Minidump analysis shows that the fault is in fact >McAfee -- which runs in kernel mode -- and not setup. I use Norton AntiVirus (2002) and I *never* enable automatic / background scanning. I always stick to manual scanning. Mostly I apply it to email attachments and occasionally to file downloads when I don't know or trust the source. >(I also turn off McAfee when compiling; it really slows down disk IO) > >... > >--Chuck Randall -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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