Re: F-Prot

"Roger Wilco" <yesman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Zvi Netiv" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > "Roger Wilco" <yesman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Sources I trust have mentioned here many times that F-Prot for DOS does
> > > not work properly on XP irrespective of which file system one chooses
> > > when installing XP. The OP should use F-Prot for Windows instead as
> > > mentioned by another poster.
> >
> > NTFS4DOS is a DOS driver, used to mount NTFS volumes *under DOS*. The governing
> > factor whether F-Prot will run properly on the platform is the OS, *not* the
> > target drive file system. As Frisk explained here, years ago, the problem is
> > with the DOS extender used.
>
> So, the answer to "Will F-Prot run on an XP platform ??" is still no if
> F-Prot for DOS and XP's DOS emulation are indicated? Using NTFS4DOS
> indicates the user is not using XP's DOS emulator and so the "XP
> platform" part of the question is not relevant to the answer "If you use
> NTFS4DOS it wil". It's like answering "Linux" to the question "What is
> the best AV". :))

Idiotic sophistry.

It depends on what you understand as an "XP platform". A PC with only XP
installed will be considered by most users as an XP platform, even when switched
off. Hence, not the running OS is what makes it a "platform", the installed
system does.

I stand by my statement.

Regards, Zvi
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