Software that won't take no for an answer

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From: Ann Barcomb
Subject: Software that won't take no for an answer
Date: 09:15 on 29 Aug 2003

I don't know whether to blame Windows or the software in question, since
I only use Windows at work, and then only for dealing with a few things
that I can't do on the development machine.

When the machine is booted, before I can log on, the following box appears:

     Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition
     Symantec AntiVirus Realtime Protection failed to load.  (OK)

I click OK.  It beeps, and the window remains.  I click OK.  It beeps,
and the window remains.  I click OK and I am now allowed to log on.

After I have logged on, a new installer window pops up for the same
program (note that I do not even have access to install the program).
I click the cancel button.

The window is replaced with one which says 'Preparing to install', but
this quickly vanishes and is replaced with the installer window again.
I cancel it.  The result is the same.  I cancel it for the third time,
and it goes away.

For the remainder of the day, I can just expect yellow pop-ups telling me
the software isn't installed.

Does this constitute a sighting of an Acme::Snark in production code?

Software that won't take no for an answer Ann Barcomb 09:15 on 29 Aug 2003

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