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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference into BindView Development Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to the BindView Development Corporation Stock
Option Plan of our report dated March 31, 1998 (except as to Note 11, which is
as of May 15, 1998), included in the registration statement of BindView
Development Corporation on Form S-1 (File No. 333-52883).


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Houston, Texas
October 28, 1998.