Harold, the Norton Internet Security preinstalled on your system only
has a 60 day subscription included. Now Compaq/HP may have a discounted
update price for NIS, if not then you can expect to pay approx. $50.00
to renew your subscription. NIS includes anti v+rus, firewall, spam
blocking, and parental control, and is a very good choice for doing all
these things if you don't have time to do them yourself. Plus it runs
seamlessly in the background.
So with it you wouldn't need AVG, ZoneAlarm, Ad-aware, Spybot, or
CWShredder.
Peter Kaulback
Harold B. wrote:
Yes, Clint, you did tell me that some time back (sorry, I forgot).
However, Peter's asking me for the product information put me on another
search and I find that Symantec is pre-instaled on the system (at least,
that's the way I read it). See the product specifications page:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=471644&jumpid=hpr_R1002_USEN&dest_page=product&docname=c00387087#
or http://tinyurl.com/jxn9m
It does mention, "HP Partner offers... Symantec Security Connection..."
What with AVG, ZoneAlarm, Ad-aware, Spybot, CWShredder, and a few
others, I'll pass on this Symantic and out it goes ... unless you think
it necessary. And thanks for the Erunt lead. I agree that exporting
(backing up) the entire registry doesn't always work. Usually I would
just export one key when necessary. Regarding XP's System Restore ponts,
maybe you're right. I'm downloading Erunt --- Harold
There are no pre-installed Symantec products to my knowledge with any
Windows OS. The exceptions would be those crappy "Restore CD's" you
get with name brand PC's that aren't really an OS. They may have a
Symantec product bundled product on them. AdAware has nothing to do
with Symantec. All Windows OS's come with thousands of images. Some
are not needed, like the obvious in My Pictures and the like, and in
the Wallpaper folder (if you don't use wallpaper). The rest are going
to be needed for various Windows' programs' GUI interfaces. They are
NOT just jpg's, they are in ALL image formats: jpg, gif, png, bmp,
ico, etc.
When you don't know what something is, just look it up.
...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-box_experience Remember I told
you that XP's System Restore is VERY lacking. It does NOT actually
restore everything on your PC it SHOULD restore. Don't rely on it. You
need ERUNT for that. See last paragraph here: ...
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg12371.html - -Clint
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