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
I bought one of the Dell laptops Walmart had on their Black Friday Ad
(a really nice unit) and we set it up when we got home to get updates
and register it. (It is being put away until graduation) It had
Norton on it fresh from the factory and one of the first things I
instructed my wife to
Millions use NAV because the manufacturers ship you their PC with it already
installed.
Millions smoke tobacco and other weeds. Millions are morbidly obese.
Millions don't wear seat belts. Millions use Windows. What's your point?
I guess it is because I think buying a crappy, misconfigured computer is
a CHOICE.
Smoking, overeating, and not wearing seat belts are CHOICES that consumers
are (mostly) free to make. Receiving a PC with AOL or NAV already installed
is not a choice most computer buyers make. It's the path of
, 2007 10:19 AM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] removing Norton
Millions use NAV because the manufacturers ship you their PC with it
already
installed.
Millions smoke tobacco and other weeds. Millions are morbidly obese.
Millions don't wear seat belts. Millions use
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
wadda y'all think about that?
Save yourself some trouble and convert it to a hackintosh. Instructions
for Leopard are already on the web.
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Why do millions of people use something crappy and
smile about it?
They have been educated, or trained, or raised to
believe that
the substandard is the norm and have lowered their
expectations
about performance. I'm speaking in general here, not
about NAV.
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The problem is that Norton has an awful history recently. It's not so
much just the antivirus but installing the whole suite that causes
problems. They keep adding things to get check boxes in reviews that
may not be written as well as other things in the suite. One klunker
can ruin the whole
On Nov 28, 2007 10:49 PM, Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Note that, like many things you read on the internet, the suggestion
that removing Norton Antivirus will help whatever problem you're
having is probably inaccurate. Every time you hear 1 (or 10 or 20)
members bash [fill in the blank
] On Behalf Of Tony B
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:49 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] removing Norton
Note that, like many things you read on the internet, the suggestion
that removing Norton Antivirus will help whatever problem you're
having is probably
One subscriber mentioned that I would need a special tool from Norton's
website to really get their AV off of my computer.
can anybody help me locate this? Norton is not exactly forthcoming with
the info!
* == QUICK
On Nov 28, 2007 9:57 AM, Judy Cosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One subscriber mentioned that I would need a special tool from Norton's
website to really get their AV off of my computer.
can anybody help me locate this? Norton is not exactly forthcoming with
the info!
Judy,
Try this page:
Note that, like many things you read on the internet, the suggestion
that removing Norton Antivirus will help whatever problem you're
having is probably inaccurate. Every time you hear 1 (or 10 or 20)
members bash [fill in the blank software/hardware/OS], you have to ask
yourself: If it's so bad,
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