-=PCTechTalk=- Re: defrag
- From: "Bob - \"The Keyboard Cowboy\"" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Sandi Beach <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:35:39 -0500
I had Norton's Systemworks on the computer which includes Norton's AV. I
simply removed (using WinXP "add-remove" option) the AV part of Systemworks.
It shows up separately in the add-remove window. Then I installed Norton's
Internet Security.
Regards,
Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"
Cincinnati, OH
Scottsdale, AZ
Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:33:34 PM
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On Saturday, March 3, 2007, 4:21:20 PM, you wrote:
SB> Bob, did you removed just the Protection Center and leave Norton Internet
SB> Security? Or the other way around. I am a bit confused as to how you
SB> managed to remove only the anti-virus part.
SB> Sandi
SB> ----- Original Message -----
SB> From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
SB> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
SB> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:28 PM
SB> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: defrag
>> Bob,
>> That's great. Did you remove the older AV during the NIS install (I
>> rememebr this as an option in earlier versions of Norton products), or did
>> you do it before/after the NIS install?
>> Peace,
>> GMan
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Cris" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:59 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: defrag
>>> BTW, just a little update. I've been running Norton's (Symantec)
>>> Systemworks which, of course, includes Norton's AV. I also used Outpost
>>> Firewall, which I decided to abandon as it wasn't playing nicely on any
>>> of
>>> my computers lately. Outpost Firewall and Microsoft just don't seem to
>>> play well together any more. Sooooooooooo Given the firewallproblem, and
>>> the fact that Systemworks doesn't run on Vista, I decided to buy
>>> multi-license versions of Norton's Internet Security and load it on all
>>> my
>>> computers, whether Vista or WinXP.
>>> On this laptop which runs WinXP Pro, I started to load Norton's Internet
>>> Security and thought "hey, why not delete just the AV portion of
>>> Systemworks and leave the tools like Norton's defrag program?"
>>> I did, and it works just fine!!
>>> Soooo The learning is that on a WinXP computer, if you have Systemworks
>>> (which hasn't been updated for Vista yet)and want to go to Norton's
>>> Internet Security for AV and Firewall, you don't have to give up all the
>>> other Systemworks tools. Just remove the AV portion and leave the other
>>> parts of the program in tact. I'll be loading Internet Security on a
>>> Vista computer next week, but without Systemworks.
>>> Regards,
>>> Bob - "The Keyboard Cowboy"
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