I used the Norton Removal tool yesterday ...first it asked me to use WindowsXP uninstaller to remove Ghost...then it proceeded and with that rebooted. Boot was ok but XP hung on shutdown ...only solution was to reinstall Norton 2003 (without Ghost and without NAV) and run Norton WinDoctor which must have fixed it as there were lots of errors shown. Now winXP boots and shuts down fine. I am loath to uninstall Norton2003 again ...any thoughts about this?
-----Original Message----- From: Michel Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:56 PM To: 'rlsimon' Subject: RE: removing Norton Dunno, sorry. If it's similar to the old Norton Utilities it's probably ok. I have no personal experience with it. -Mike __________________ Michel David Lowe > -----Original Message----- > From: rlsimon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:40 PM > To: 'Michel Lowe' > Subject: RE: removing Norton > > Is WinDoctor from Norton of value afayk? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michel Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:02 PM > To: 'rlsimon' > Subject: RE: removing Norton > > > My experience with Norton is limited because I don't much like it. If > it or > Symantec is preinstalled I remove them. They tend to wrap their > weasely tentacles around the registry, leave lingering hooks and DLLs > that make them > a mess to uninstall. Sometimes you wind up forced to use their > deletion application because the regular uninstall fails. That was > what kicked off this whole thread -- a user unable to remove NAV > cleanly. > > When Norton just did utilities they were okay, I don't think security > is their forte, especially the "Internet bundle" like you mentioned. > Considering the trouble they put you through my personal opinion is > you are > better off to scrap it all and pick best-of-breed products you prefer. > A lot of folks like Avast (free); I'm partial to Trend Micro's > PC-Cillin (about the same price as NAV), but to each his own. If you > don't want to use the Windoze firewall try Zone Alarm, another > freebee. And you really have to run multiple spyware removal products > if you want to keep out the slime that can show up on your system. It > seems like no single product gets > everything. > > Anyway, that's my two cents worth. > -Mike > > __________________ > Michel David Lowe > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rlsimon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:30 PM > > To: 'Michel Lowe' > > Cc: 'Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List' > > Subject: RE: removing Norton > > > > I have Norton SystemWorks 2003 on my winXPsp2 box which ran like > > sludge > with > > 256mb ram and 40gb hdd about 3/4 full ...upgraded to 1gb ram and > > 120gb hdd with plennya space and ran like sludge ...uninstalled NAV > > and put on Avast ...runs like a top (although, the Opera browser > > seems to linger until > Avast > > is finished dld of the latest signature file)!! ...I sometimes use > > Norton WinDoctor to look for errors cuz it fixes them without too > > much follderoll (I suppose) ...otherwise, ghost was a real pain to > > use with my external 120gb hdd I have for backup ...I simply do it > > myself from time to time although I did dld a free custom b/u > > routine that looks gud but didn't use it yet (lazy me)... Is there a > > gud reason to take off the resta norton > ...is > > anya norton worth anything? Only thing running is Norton Protection > > that kinda backs up the recycle bin ...otherwise, nothing runs at > > boot and I > use > > cleansweep (which windows has an equivalent for) and that doktah > > thingy. > I > > wonder, if I uninstall Norton if it will actually remove itself > > completely (seems the 2003 version was relatively less problematic > > than the later iterations per the postings I have read). ...wadda > > y'all think about that? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
