On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:39:38 -0400, you wrote: Well I have always had faith in Norton (when it was Peter Norton) but I too must admit their latest offerings are bloated except for the original progs like Utilities. NAV also seems to catch all that is thrown at it although it is a bit lax in reporting that it has intercepted a nastie.
They appear to be concentrating on Firewall (which is useless and too complicated) Anti SPAM which is total crap and don't work in any shape or form. Best of the package seems to be password manager but it don't work with firefox so I don't use firefox! Lazy bugger ain' I? Eraser seems to be deleting these files but it's a long process as 18Gb is a lot of files and explorer finds it difficult to 'index' them it that is the right word. Wayne - WinXPPE seems to have gone AWOL so I just might have to call on you again or figure it out how to build my own. Hugh >At 09:24 AM 8/31/2005, Kylde typed: >>and get rid of norton, IF you can successfully uninstall it you will >>have access to those locked files (if they arent removed along with the >>uninstall). I'm surprised you haven't already lambasted him for running >>anything Norton already Wayne ... > >Ya Hugh, so there. :-)~ > >OBTW that goes for anything Symantec has had for more than a year except >maybe for WinFax which they haven't fooled with much except to charge it's >customers $50 for a very minor .1 version upgrade to add their name to the >product. FWIW even IBM isn't as bad as Symantec for fouling up products but >that's JMHO & YMMV but probably NOT. > > >----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson >Ashland, OH, USA 44805 ><http://www.wavijo.com> Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
