Again, I understand where you're coming from but Norton Utilities has certainly changed for the better and all I say is Thank Goodness for that, Symantec had to do something as they were receiving very bad publicity for many of their products and they have a lot of competition now so either improve products or go broke.
On 21/01/2013, at 2:35 AM, Matthew Chao <[email protected]> wrote: > This happened a few years ago. But it was enough for me not to buy any more > Norton products - ever. > > Matthew Chao > > At 07:59 AM 1/20/2013, you wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Thankfully, I've not had any problems with the uninstallation of Norton >> Utilities 15 from one of the test machines here - even if I had a problem I >> could have used Rollback to restore my system to an earlier time before I >> began playing with Norton Utilities 15 -. >> >> So how long ago did you have this problem, was it with an earlier version of >> Norton Utilities? If so then I can certainly understand where you're coming >> from as Norton Utilities at one time was a bloated piece of junk and that's >> putting it mildy. >> >> Thankfully however things have drastically changed, Norton Utilities is only >> 25MB in size. >> >> Its not as resource hungry as it once was. >> >> The price is a fair one if you like the software, only $50.00. >> >> >> On 20/01/2013, at 11:54 PM, Matthew Chao <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi, All! Agree with Gordon regarding Symantec. I'll never buy their >> > products again. >> > >> > The last time I did, I had a problem and needed to uninstall Norton >> > Utilities. When I did, it took the whole TCP stack with it. Not only >> > that, the tech support folks said that that problem JUST COULDN'T HAPPEN >> > with their software uninstall. A friend of mine whowas Windows certified >> > had to work four hours with one of his colleagues to get the system >> > working properly. >> > >> > So, needless to say, Symantec wins with bad software, and on the bad >> > hardware end, Toshiba wins. >> > >> > Matthew Chao >> > >> > >> > At 02:56 AM 1/20/2013, Gordon Smith wrote: >> >> The problems I have with Norton Utilities are: >> >> 1. They are incredibly resource-hungry >> >> >> >> 2. Symantec is not at all user-friendly in terms of support. >> >> >> >> 3. Their download policy of products which you purchase is disgusting. >> >> Even if you have the base level install utility, if you suffer a system >> >> crash, after a certain period of time you cannot download the product you >> >> bought any more, so bang goes your installation. >> >> >> >> That, in my view, is not the right way to treat your customers. In view >> >> of this last problem in particular, I stay away from Symantec's software >> >> products. >> >> >> >> Of course, Symantec is taking over the world in terms of security >> >> products in general. For instance, they hav recently acquired two >> >> certificate signing authorities, GeoTrust being one of them. GeoTrust is >> >> the second largest provider of security signing products behind Verisign. >> >> Thaut, (think I spelled that correctly) is the third largest. >> >> GeoTrust's operations, thank goodness, have not changed, and their >> >> technical support is still excellent. That's why we continue to use that >> >> company for our SSL signing products. However, I am continually watchful >> >> as I will change to another non-Symantec owned company if the support >> >> policies change. >> >> >> >> Anyway, back to the topic under discussion. Naturally it's always >> >> interesting to hear about people's experience of these things, and if the >> >> product has changed in terms of its interaction with other products and >> >> with the operating systems, so much the better. it is also true to say >> >> that one can make a system level backup these days, so if the system >> >> breaks it should be easy to roll it back and not have to worry about the >> >> downloading of the software. So yes, that assertion could be slightly >> >> superfluous now. However, speaking from a personal perspective, we have >> >> a lifetime license for another product and it really couldn't be much >> >> better to be honest. It doesn't keep popping up with needless windows as >> >> some other products of its kind do. It just sits there and gets on with >> >> its job. So, Norton would have to be blazingly good for me personally to >> >> consider switching. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 19 Jan 2013, at 14:44, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi! >> >> >> >> Its been a while since I've played with any versions of Norton Utilities, >> >> I think its been a good 10 years in fact. >> >> >> >> I was sent a trial of Norton Utilities 15, its installed on one of my >> >> Windows PC's and I'm very happy to report that the software seems quite >> >> accessible. >> >> >> >> No, you can't use the Tab key to get around but you can use your WE >> >> Cursor or the JAWS cursor etc to navigate the screen and find out what >> >> all the options, functions and settings are, as you move you'll hear >> >> brief help messages pertaining to each function you move to. >> >> >> >> Will I buy Norton Utilities 15? Its a bit too early to say but I'll >> >> certainly be interested to play with the software for the remaining 30 >> >> days. 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