POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Povray problem : Re: Povray problem Server Time
11 Aug 2024 01:18:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Povray problem  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 18 Nov 1999 11:46:32
Message: <38342DE2.ECCA90A1@geocities.com>
Bill DeWitt wrote:

> Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote :
> >
> > Try running POV as the shell, and see if pov will run like
> > that, and if it does, then you know it's not POV but windows
> >
>
>     That found it! I tried to run POV as shell and it locked up. But the
> only thing that ran before POV was Norton Anti-virus. Now I had Norton well
> before this happened, but I did an update of the .dat file because of the
> news about that virus. So I uninstalled Norton and now it runs!
>
>     Now I need a virus scanner..... maybe I should complain to Symantec...
> they just sent me some propaganda in the mail yesterday.
>

Yes. Send them snail-mail also. It's totally unacceptable to have a utility
like that de-stabalize the system. You paid for a product, you should get
something that works correctly.


--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.


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