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Old 10-24-2007   #8 (permalink)
Steve Easton


 
 

Re: Norton System Works - Cleanup - clashes with Vista

Well, my ancestors were from Scotland so I guess there's a remote possibility.

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Steve Easton



"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OFnTbVcFIHA.1056@xxxxxx
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> Are you related to Sheena Easton?
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> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Steve Easton" <admin@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23CSqyQcFIHA.4544@xxxxxx
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>> <imho>
>> The component you need is AVG by Grisoft
>> and then uninstall Norton.
>> </imho>
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>> I refuse to run Norton on any machine I own.
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>> Steve Easton
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>> "Docspec" <Docspec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1193175165.795699.312640@xxxxxx
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>>>I have a Dell Inspiron 531 AMD X2 5000+, 4GB RAM, 300 GB HDD, Vista
>>> Home Premium.
>>>
>>> I recently downloaded Norton System Works BAsic 2007.
>>> Works fine, except fro Cleanup. Run by itself it crashes (Program not
>>> responding), run as part of Norton One Button Checkup it doesn't stop
>>> scanning (not even after 7hrs).
>>>
>>> Symantec Tech Support gave me 2 solutions
>>>
>>> A) Clean temp files, and defrag and run Cleanup again
>>>
>>> That was nonsense. Nothing changed
>>>
>>> B) Cleanup gets in the way of a Vista component. Do a cleanboot and
>>> run Cleanup again.
>>>
>>> That actually made sense. I did a clean boot but Norton would not
>>> respond after the clean boot. So it needs a Vista component running.
>>>
>>> Before I clean boot 200 times and add one component after another, to
>>> find out which one Norton needs to start, I want to ask:
>>>
>>> Does anybody have the same problem?
>>> What component do I need to include in cleanboot, so that Norton
>>> starts, but Cleanup isn't impaired?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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