Norton's Internet Security 2005 and WINME

Has anyone been able to successfully install Norton's onto
WinME ?

Been at this for over a week now and nothing seems to work.
I keep getting errors during the configuration step.

Symantec is now advising that I should re-install the
Microsoft Windows Installer.
Has this worked for others?

Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks,

George

George,

No, but then again many who want to look after their PC wouldn't want to
install such seriously defective software on their PC. No software
released by Symantec for the domestic market is particularly good and all
recent versions have serious problems with none working properly when
installed on Win Me.

If you go ahead and do manage to get NIS2005 installed on Win Me make
certain that system restore is fully functional as the likelihood that you
will need to use it is at some time. However, using system restore is
likely to break the NAV component of NIS due to the defective programming
of those at Symantec and likewise there is a pretty good chance that
Symantec's LiveUpdate will corrupt the Win Me state manager control files
which can then lead to destroying the system restore archive.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



George wrote:

Has anyone been able to successfully install Norton's onto
WinME ?

Been at this for over a week now and nothing seems to work.
I keep getting errors during the configuration step.

Symantec is now advising that I should re-install the
Microsoft Windows Installer.
Has this worked for others?

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike,

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I was not aware that NIS2005 was so problematic.
Previously I had NIS2001 on this system and everything
seemd to operate well.

Given the problems you outlined for NIS2005, is there
another package you would recommend?
Is McCaffe more stable on WinME?


Thanks,

George

-----Original Message-----
George,

No, but then again many who want to look after their PC
wouldn't want to
install such seriously defective software on their PC.
No software
released by Symantec for the domestic market is
particularly good and all
recent versions have serious problems with none working
properly when
installed on Win Me.

If you go ahead and do manage to get NIS2005 installed on
Win Me make
certain that system restore is fully functional as the
likelihood that you
will need to use it is at some time. However, using
system restore is
likely to break the NAV component of NIS due to the
defective programming
of those at Symantec and likewise there is a pretty good
chance that
Symantec's LiveUpdate will corrupt the Win Me state
manager control files
which can then lead to destroying the system restore
archive.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



George wrote:

Has anyone been able to successfully install Norton's
onto
WinME ?

Been at this for over a week now and nothing seems to
work.
I keep getting errors during the configuration step.

Symantec is now advising that I should re-install the
Microsoft Windows Installer.
Has this worked for others?

Any help would be appreciated.

.

Personally I wouldn't recommend you install any domestic products from
either Symantec or McAfee.

AV Programs that work well with Win Me include:
eTrust from Computer Associates (formerly called InoculateIT), NOD32,
AVG7 and AVAST whilst some for whom cost is secondary to effectiveness
prefer Kaspersky. I have also recently been hearing favourable remarks
being made about Panda. TrendMicro has its fans also but others won't
touch it.

Firewalls that seem to work with Win Me include:
Zone Alarm (free) and Zone Alarm Pro (paid for) from Zone Labs and Kerio
firewall.

AV/Firewall package.
EZArmor from Computer Associates (this comprises eTrust Av and a rebadged
Zone Alarm Pro from Zone Labs).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP




wrote:

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I was not aware that NIS2005 was so problematic.
Previously I had NIS2001 on this system and everything
seemd to operate well.

Given the problems you outlined for NIS2005, is there
another package you would recommend?
Is McCaffe more stable on WinME?

Overview of the Windows Installer
MS KB Q292539
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"MSIEXEC File Is Linked to Missing Export MSI.DLL:222"
MS KB Q322105
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];322105
Reinstall the Installer
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"HOW TO: Troubleshoot Windows Installer Engine Problems"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;260404&
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"INFO: Windows Installer Resources"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;282477&
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Antivirus Tool ratings

The Virus Bulletin
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/

ICSA Labs - TrueSecure Corp.
http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communi...products.shtml

AV-Test
http://www.av-test.org/

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Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm

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Your cooperation is very appreciated.
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Mike,

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I was not aware that NIS2005 was so problematic.
Previously I had NIS2001 on this system and everything
seemd to operate well.

Given the problems you outlined for NIS2005, is there
another package you would recommend?
Is McCaffe more stable on WinME?


Thanks,

George

SNIP

Anyone considering using Panda - Beware of "issues" (pandas words) with
Titanium 2005! I installed it on my girlfriends pc - running ME & it crashed
the whole system. It only does this on some pc's & they don't seem to know
why.

"Mike M" wrote:

Personally I wouldn't recommend you install any domestic products from
either Symantec or McAfee.

AV Programs that work well with Win Me include:
eTrust from Computer Associates (formerly called InoculateIT), NOD32,
AVG7 and AVAST whilst some for whom cost is secondary to effectiveness
prefer Kaspersky. I have also recently been hearing favourable remarks
being made about Panda. TrendMicro has its fans also but others won't
touch it.

Firewalls that seem to work with Win Me include:
Zone Alarm (free) and Zone Alarm Pro (paid for) from Zone Labs and Kerio
firewall.

AV/Firewall package.
EZArmor from Computer Associates (this comprises eTrust Av and a rebadged
Zone Alarm Pro from Zone Labs).
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP




wrote:

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I was not aware that NIS2005 was so problematic.
Previously I had NIS2001 on this system and everything
seemd to operate well.

Given the problems you outlined for NIS2005, is there
another package you would recommend?
Is McCaffe more stable on WinME?