LaTeX.org

OK, after further experimentation:

Everything works fine when I run the tests in my home directory. All output found.

This must be an issue with the /Windows/system32 directory, which must be locked down for some reason in some odd way. So I'm going to shoot an email back to TUG and suggest that ...

Well then this is very odd, because a straight "dir" command shows no sample2e.pdf in the working directory, and Windows Explorer says the same thing. Yet kpsewhich still claims it's there?

Also inexplicable: I run:
dviout sample2e
... and after a moment to find fonts, the dviout window pops up ...

I've used LaTeX on Linux, but this is my first time for Windows. Downloaded TexLive, ran the install (5+ hours) and ran the basic tests as described in the TexLive Guide section 3.5.

All tests appeared to run OK (didn't get any notfounds) but the output either was not created, or was stashed ...