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From: Richard Brogger <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT/Internet Explorer and McAfee
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:51:10 -0500
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Hi Linda,

I understand your frustration but if program writers were fined for
the problems their programs cause, there would not be anyone writing
programs. A program might work fine on a thousand different computers
and cause problems on computer 1001. At this moment I have only
Netscape and Space Hound open. Space Hound reports 216 files are
open. If any file is incompatible with any other open file, things can
go wrong. No programer can foresee or test for every possible
combination that might occur. Nobody could afford bug free software
if such a thing could be made.

Something as simple as the order in which files are opened can make
the difference between having a conflict and having no problems. A
problem on a specific brand and model of computer might not be
reproducable on another computer of the same brand and model with the
same software installed.

The best that we can hope for is that the software has been well
tested before release and when post-release bugs are proven, they get
fixed. The consumer must accept they might find a problem in any
software. One way to avoid many of the problems is to wait for other
users to find them and buy a later version that has had the bugs fixed
that beta testers did not find. I think that Dennis's comment that,
"There is no question that leading edge adopters are often at the
bleeding
edge as well." says a lot.

Richard

Linda Lawhon wrote:
>
> Judy said:
> >Is there anybody that has had problems with IE and McAfee Virus Scan? If
> >so, I would be interested if you have found a solution. I have IE vs 6
> >and McAfee vs 4.1.40 and I regularly download the new DAT files.
>
> The problem I had may be related to yours. I subscribe to McAfee clinic. I
> downloaded Internet Explorer 6 a few days ago. That was the *only* thing I
> did. Immediately after doing so I noted that if I opened Eudora first, I
> could not open TMG. I would get the little hourglass thing when I clicked
> on the TMG icon. If I shut down Eudora -- then TMG would continue
> loading. I also noted that if I clicked on a URL given in a message in
> Eudora, Eudora would freeze. Yesterday I opted to return to my previous
> version of IE. All problems went away. Not being very computer literate
> -- I think programs/writers who cause this to happen should be subject to
> horrifying fines. :-)
>
> Linda

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