On 05 Mar 2007, "Data Guy" <paul@wubios.wustl.edu> wrote in
comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows:

> Documentation is meant to provide common sense, not to be usable only
> when you already know how to install the product.

I suppose it would be nice if the Apache people advised you that you
need to turn off McAfee, but other virus scanners can stay on. But I
really don't expect them to. For one thing, are you sure it's a general
problem with McAfee and not just a quirk with your particular setup?
And is it a problem with all versions of McAfee or just one or some?
And is it due to the use of any McAfee feature or just certain ones?

I believe that apache is developed by volunteers. I really wouldn't
expect them to have the resources to troubleshoot its interactions with
the hundreds of other Windows' (not to mention all other operating
systems's) applications, unless it was a known and common problem.
Maybe they don't know about it. Have you submitted a report to them?

And I still maintain that Apache isn't a toy, and anyone who is capable
of setting up a server application like that is likely to know enough
to suspect antivirus scanners as a source of installation problems
before almost any other cause.