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Old November 8th 14, 01:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Bob Henson[_2_]
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Default Incompatible programs

On 08/11/2014 1:25 PM, philo wrote:
On 11/08/2014 05:09 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
Might it be a good idea to post details of programs proving incompatible
with Windows 10 on the grounds that it may help others to avoid problems?

I installed the latest version (2015.10.0.2206) of Avast! antivirus in
build 9860 yesterday - running in a VM. I ran quick scan, which worked
OK. Then got an odd pop up telling me that rundll32.exe had problems, so
I went to their forum to check the false positive where it was the


snip

The nice thing about using a Virtual Machine is that you can simply make
a copy of the image and experiment all you want. If you break something
you can get back to your original installation in just a minute.



I hadn't done that - I didn't think I was doing anything that drastic. I
won't get caught again :-(

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Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
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