I picked up a brand new copy of Norton 2006 dirt cheap earlier this week, so figured that I'd give it a try. I'm _extremely_ pleasantly surprised, given all of the bad press that Norton usually gets on the blindness-related lists. To improve performance, I made the following changes via the Options (which are actually easier to navigate with JAWS than in some earlier versions of Norton, once you learn a couple of little tricks):
* Turned off scanning of outgoing mail. My theory is that once I know my own system is clean, I don't really need to do this. * With respect to e-mail, told Norton to attempt to repair, then quarantine _silently_. This option has been in the program for several years now and I like to think that I helped contribute to its having been developed and included--I wrote a long message to Symantec about what a nuisance it is, particularly for blind users, to constantly have a pop-up interrupting you as you're trying to process your mail and it was about six months after I wrote them that the feature first made its appearance. This setting means that the program never interrupts you when processing incoming e-mail and the desired processing--attempt to repair and then quarantine--is performed. You just don't know about it and you can always check the log to see whether you've been the target of someone trying to send you viruses in e-mail. * Turned off monitoring for attempts to monkey with a home page. Since I don't run my computer as a server with a home page, this was superfluous and turning it off bought me back a little overhead. Those were the major configuration changes I made. I think there may have been one or two others, but they were relatively minor and like the last one, above, were designed strictly to buy back some cycles by killing processes that didn't apply to my computer and the way I use it. As to overall accessibility, I found the program quite JAWS-friendly. On occasion, I did find myself using the JAWS cursor and/or the mouse keys on the Num Pad, but this was relatively uncommon and when I did do it, it was very easy. The installation was straightforward, but I did need one piece of information--the installation key from the label on the CD envelope. Interestingly, though, once entered and when the installation had ceased, this key is saved to a plain text file in the My Documents folder, making it easy to locate if needed to reinstall the application. All in all, I have to say that I'm back on the Norton Anti Virus bus and glad to be. After _trying_ to use McAfee for over a year and having the thing drive me nuts with its pop-ups that you never knew were there, it's nice to have a program that can be configured to eliminate them during the task where they pose the biggest headache--reading your e-mail. And for anyone who wants to know, I paid $19, including free shipping, for the program and that includes a full year of updates. That price was available at: http://www.mypcsource.com/ -- Walt Smith - Clearwater, FL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
