I used to LOVE Norton !

.....well :-) ...after stripping out EVERYTHING SYMANTEC (Norton), and
having a major manual cleanup to make sure that everything Symantec/Norton
was gone, ....everything is HEAVENLY !! :-)

I then installed, ( just for fun - ...call me a glutton for punishment ! ),
Norton Internet Security 2003 OEM, that I bought ages ago and which would
NOT install and run properly on any PC, (that I tried it on), whatosever (
several 98/ME/W2k/XP machines ), and it's LOVerrrrrrrrrrLy on my XP Home ed.
SP2 etc. machine. i.e. my bootup's faster than been for months - desktop
icons ALL appear in the blink of an eye, and Shutdown is MUCH faster than it
ever was.

So the moral of the my tale, I think, is "Norton 2003 Internet Security OEM"
at least, is lovely - IF one gets completely rid of ALL previous Symantec
Software.

....oh s**t ! ....I need to use Norton Ghost, ....I wonder what'll happen
after I install that !

regards, Richard

Nothing.

Shut down and "Disable" the NT Service; "GhostStartService"
Remove any Ghost references from;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

Dave




"RJK" wrote in message
...
| ....well :-) ...after stripping out EVERYTHING SYMANTEC (Norton), and
| having a major manual cleanup to make sure that everything Symantec/Norton
| was gone, ....everything is HEAVENLY !! :-)
|
| I then installed, ( just for fun - ...call me a glutton for punishment ! ),
| Norton Internet Security 2003 OEM, that I bought ages ago and which would
| NOT install and run properly on any PC, (that I tried it on), whatosever (
| several 98/ME/W2k/XP machines ), and it's LOVerrrrrrrrrrLy on my XP Home ed.
| SP2 etc. machine. i.e. my bootup's faster than been for months - desktop
| icons ALL appear in the blink of an eye, and Shutdown is MUCH faster than it
| ever was.
|
| So the moral of the my tale, I think, is "Norton 2003 Internet Security OEM"
| at least, is lovely - IF one gets completely rid of ALL previous Symantec
| Software.
|
| ...oh s**t ! ....I need to use Norton Ghost, ....I wonder what'll happen
| after I install that !
|
| regards, Richard
|
|

So did I till Peter sold to Symantec and it all turned to crap

I agree that it doesn't run as smooth as the 2003 version. It does have the
habit of slowing down you computer. However, I trust Symantec protection
better than McAfee and most other virus protections.

What seems to be the problem?

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
So did I till Peter sold to Symantec and it all turned to crap

symantec's Norton products; have too big a system footprint, are too prone
to crashing, arent updated often enough, are expensive, are intrusive in
operation, are always full of bugs.
Do a newsgroup search on 'Norton'
--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/vet/CA 12 Month free trial (Feb 04 till Feb 05)
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters

" JCO" wrote in message
news:Rdtmd.3557$BX4.2728@trnddc08...
| I agree that it doesn't run as smooth as the 2003 version. It does have
the
| habit of slowing down you computer. However, I trust Symantec protection
| better than McAfee and most other virus protections.
|
| What seems to be the problem?
|
| "AlmostBob" wrote in message
| ...
| So did I till Peter sold to Symantec and it all turned to crap
|
|
|
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