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Offline Barman

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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2008, 01:52:35 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on October 05, 2008, 01:22:53 PM
Probably right  Banghead - I went to uninstall it yesterday. It wouldn't let me because it said 'Liveupdate' was running  rubschin:

I've got AVG on my XP machine  happy088
I like AVG a lot... Norton is complete shite tho...  noooo:

Mind you, if it wasn't for those bastards that write viruses we wouldn't need any of it!  cussing:
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2008, 03:04:19 PM »
Quote from: Barman on October 05, 2008, 01:52:35 PM
Quote from: Uncle Mort on October 05, 2008, 01:22:53 PM
Probably right  Banghead - I went to uninstall it yesterday. It wouldn't let me because it said 'Liveupdate' was running  rubschin:

I've got AVG on my XP machine  happy088
I like AVG a lot... Norton is complete shite tho...  noooo:

Mind you, if it wasn't for those bastards that write viruses we wouldn't need any of it!  cussing:

Those b@st@rds all work for Norton and McAfee anyway don't they?
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2008, 06:53:15 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on October 05, 2008, 03:04:19 PM
Quote from: Barman on October 05, 2008, 01:52:35 PM
Quote from: Uncle Mort on October 05, 2008, 01:22:53 PM
Probably right  Banghead - I went to uninstall it yesterday. It wouldn't let me because it said 'Liveupdate' was running  rubschin:

I've got AVG on my XP machine  happy088
I like AVG a lot... Norton is complete shite tho...  noooo:

Mind you, if it wasn't for those bastards that write viruses we wouldn't need any of it!  cussing:

Those b@st@rds all work for Norton and McAfee anyway don't they?
Prolly...  Banghead
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Offline The Moan Ranger

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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2008, 07:30:14 AM »
AVG  cloud9:

Norton  evil:
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2008, 07:38:29 AM »
Woman at pc world tried to sell me norton.  ::)

I like AVG.  cloud9:
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2009, 01:00:04 PM »
Since I posted in October my Vista PC has occasionally run slow, not much and it doesn't persist. However, at the weekend it slowed to a crawl and has become almost unusable. (thinks, son was playing games on it)

I've run scans, updates, cleanups (inc the registry!) even chkdsk to no avail.

Yesterday evening I went for system resore back to Friday. Went ok until I logged back in when it reported that the restore hadn't completed due to an 'unspecified' error. Tried a different restore point, same again. Tried another point first thing this morning, same problem.

searching the interwebby I found this:

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Norton 2006 and later products have a security feature that prevents outside programs from making changes to the Norton product. This security feature can prevent Windows System Restore from changing Norton files, resulting in the "Restoration Incomplete" message.


Temporarily turn off the Norton product protection before you run Windows System Restore.


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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #21 on: June 02, 2009, 01:02:02 PM »
AVG with added advantage of being FREE!  happy088


First thing I say to geek from whom latest machines have all been purchased is "remove all pre-installed anti virus protection please".
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #22 on: June 02, 2009, 01:06:17 PM »
True, although I paid for the full version of AVG for my XP machine.

I shall try again to remove Nortons. 
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2009, 01:07:17 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on June 02, 2009, 01:02:02 PM
AVG with added advantage of being FREE!  happy088


First thing I say to geek from whom latest machines have all been purchased is "remove all pre-installed anti virus protection please".

Exactly what I do  happy088
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2009, 01:18:56 PM »
As does any other sensible person.  ;)
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2009, 01:36:06 PM »
Nortons works perfectly well on the laptop.  rubschin:
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2009, 08:17:55 PM »
Right - I turned off Norton's tamper protection as per instructions and ran system restore. It didn't restore  Banghead

HOWEVER - noticed that the PC did open Windows a bit quicker and the the 'lag' seemed to have disappeared so I rebooted.

Now seems to working OK  rubschin:

The pile o' shite that is Nortons is coming off at the weekend.  cussing:
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2009, 08:23:03 PM »
That certainly seems to be the opinion on the 'Mac' side of the fence too... pile of cackerooni   ;)
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2009, 08:27:18 PM »
Norton is only good if it has two wheels.
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Re: Service Pack 3 is crap
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2009, 08:30:42 PM »
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