As for me, LVP is configured off. RB5 is set to an output also.  I set all
ports to outputs in a general portion of my init section and then any ports
that need to be inputs are then set that way. In doing so, I ensure unused
pins are outputs to avoid having floating inputs.  No doubt you are aware
that even though you set RB5 to an output, it powers up as an input and
doesnot change to an output until the point in your code where you
explicitly change it to an output.

My feeling on how this works (pure speculation here) is that once the ICD2
raises the /mclr line, it no longer matters what the lvp pin is doing.
/mclr is at Vpp and rules the roost until it is dropped.    All this is my
guess but as my experiment with pulling RB5 high showed, there is no
problem here, at
least for me.

Of course, if you do enable lvp and don't set RB5 to an output then you may
encounter erratic behaviour after you finish programming - assuming your
circuit allows RB5 to go high.

YMMV but I don't think so...
Tom

At 04:00 PM 6/15/04 -0400, you wrote:
>What is your configuration word set to? I disable it in my parts. Then in my
>initialization code, I set the pin to an output. The pin is getting used for
>other functions.
>
>I also am programming with the ICD2.

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