Re: Problems with Dynamic Updating and Java Runtime
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- Subject: [mg85182] Re: Problems with Dynamic Updating and Java Runtime
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:41:39 -0500 (EST)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
Will Robertson wrote: > On Jan 27, 8:43=A0pm, Helen Read <h... at together.net> wrote: >> Any ideas on what is causing these issues, and how to fix? > > This is identical to the problems that I had when McAfee anti-virus > (terribly slow and inefficient, btw) was rolled out on all our campus > Windows machines -- it happened to me and a colleague both on XP; not > sure about Vista. I received the advice to re-install Java to maybe > fix the problem, but I bought a Mac before trying that out. > > That's my only data point, I'm afraid... It occurred to me last night that it might be related to our installing NOD32 in place of Symantec (Norton) Anti-virus around the time the issue started. However, we observed the issue this morning on a PC which still has Symantec and no NOD32. We are investigating further. -- Helen Read University of Vermont