jimmy fallon

Uninstalling any symantec products period will pretty much make any computer
run better. I fix this stuff for a living, and the honest truth about norton
is I spend more time fixing there software than I do getting rid of viruses.
I have been running Vista since Sept. with no anti-virus software whatsoever.
When a malicious attack happens, and it has, windows stops it in its tracks.
Will be interesting to see the first Vista virus, anyone heard about one yet?
jf


"Richard Urban" wrote:

> You have to uninstall any suspect programs before you install Vista. You may
> not/can not uninstall them after you do an upgrade and find out that the
> program in not compatible.
>
> Homework and research before upgrading really are necessary before you
> attempt to upgrade.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:un7oQgpRHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >I just went through a Windows XP Home -> Vista Home Premium upgrade and it
> >went fairly smoothly with the exception of Norton Anti-virus. The
> >instruction said to update your anti-virus program and then disable it
> >while your are upgrading to Vista. (It should have said uninstall the
> >anti-viris program) After the Vista upgradeit complained about Norton
> >Anti-Virus 2006 and it recommended the download of a newer 2007 version.
> >We downloaded the 2007 version but the install kept failing. I think it is
> >because the 2006 version would not uninstall.
> >
> > I went into the control panel and tried to uninstall the 2006 version and
> > it almost completed but could not stop some service. Once you click
> > cancel it tried to undo the uninstall and it is not very successful and
> > leaves the system a mess.
> >
> > What I need is a way to manually uninstall Norton anti-virus 2006 or a way
> > to just stop it from starting up so that Norton 2007 can install. Anyone?
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> >
>
>