Steve Cochran

First thing I do for people is remove Norton and the computers run about 30%
faster overall.

I think there was a vulnerability reported, but that was plugged.

I have this test machine and I don't have any AV on it either. It crashes a
lot, but that's just due to Windows. <G>

steve

"jimmy fallon" <jimmyfallon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7DA4180-5D56-4B80-8C43-A663212BF5B0@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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