Cygwin causes 0x00000024 Stop Error (BLUE SCREEN)

[Randall R Schulz]

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


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