Rick, Having followed you down that path, but with self-installed versions since 2000,
I would advise you to check the scheduler for activities started at midnight, Also I would advise against installing Ghost 9 - stick to the 2003 version I have however found that if you leave Norton system Doctor running while you uninstall, then the latest versions of the uninstall process do NOT replace your carefully created monitoring profile with the naff one included in the Symantec distribution And - do remember NSW/Norton utilities are NOT supported on a multi-dual boot/OS system - and Recovery Console makes your system multi/dual boot, and thus NOT supported. JimB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Glazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: Norton Internet Security > I'm learning "first hand" why people don't like Norton. > (Dirty un-install of old version on a not too old computer.) > > (RANT WARNING>>>) (Short version is over.) > > A friend of my wife wanted to get the newer version > of NIS2005 instead of paying the same amount to keep > her old version subscribed. > (The story about why the price matches is a long story in itself...) > > I (unfortunately) encouraged that choice since she could get on the > "rebate every year" bandwagon that way, (since it was a new machine), > plus Norton has not given me or my friends problems in a couple > years... > > NIS2004 was listed in "MS-remove programs, (NAV was > not listed), and livereg and liveupdate "were" listed. > (I scowered that list for Norton stuff FIRST.) > > We followed ALL un-install instructions... > We uninstalled the NIS and went to uninstall the other two listed > and it said "something" Norton was still on the system... OK, like WHAT??? > (I hate it when they obviously know, and don't bother to tell you...) > > I'm bring this up because the "work-around" was to run the > NEW system cleaning remover utility from Norton at that point... > Any attempts at anything else will only partly work, and the errors > and WEB pages are not all that helpful in finding a resolution... > > Another clue "something was wrong" after the first (un-clean) install: > (I had not found the NEW cleaner yet...) > I brought the new FULL administrative "defs of the day" with me on > a USB flash drive since she is dial-up (7M)... When run, they claimed the > subscription was expired even as we were looking at the new subscription > dates in the NEW program main status window... > > (At least activation worked fine...) > > For anybody still reading, it got worse... We bought the D/L > from Norton, and she is dial-up... (50-60M total with a free > program tossed in.) > After downloading the original 37M program, it wanted to > run live update and it wanted to go and get another 35-37M > PATCH for that one component!!! > (Can they not spell "slipstream" at Norton...???) > > Like everyone else, I'm getting very tired of spending tons of time > on something that should "just work". > In fairness to Norton, I guess it "might" have been the way DELL > installed these two programs originally, but I tried to check for that > and Norton was not showing separate installs. It "looked like" a > bundled install to me, and seems it was "always" sold that way... > > If this is hard for me (a former Norton evangelist) it has got to be > REAL hard for a normal user that does not have a clue or any > experience "fighting" with the Norton stuff... > > PS: The machine has never had any stuff installed, and most of the > (randon, other) icons I started up gave me the program "welcome" > screens... So this is not a "much used" or "trashed up" computer... > > Rick Glazier > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html > Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://winhome.wavijo.com/ > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://winhome.wavijo.com/
