On Mar 25, 9:11*pm, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
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> Above is a link for Avast; a free, low resource using, compatible anti-virus
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> Get rid of Norton ASAP; go to Symantec's website and get their removal tool.
> There should also re an uninstall tool in Programs(norton)
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
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> "kplumm" wrote: Quote:
> > I have a Toshiba L40 with Vista and the new service pack. *With both
> > the service pack and some mobile phone software I installed I wanted
> > to do a System Restore, but the computer went through the motions and
> > then said it couldn't for an 'unpecified error' reason or something
> > like that. *I have the right box checked in the System Restore
> > settings - there is WinRE, Vista and data with a tick in the Vista box
> > - and I have Norton virus protection. *I wondered if it was Norton
> > that's blocking the restore, but this seems weird as surely they
> > should work together. *I am dithering about doing a clean install but
> > don't want to, it's a bit nerve-wracking and I'm thinking the Product
> > Recovery DVD will just set up everything as it was before. *I have no
> > problem writing to the hard disk or anything like that, so what might
> > the problem be? *I am keen to avoid uninstalling the Norton before the
> > trial 90 days though I'm going to go with AVG afterwards.
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> > I found the SP1 installation a bit of a nightmare with weird behaviour
> > coming from Media Player afterwards, but it wasn't as much of a
> > problem as with my dad's Advent 9115. *That has a little box in the
> > bottom right hand corner called OSD, which has a setting of 1 in it.
> > you can disable it, which I tried to do after installing SP1 as I kept
> > getting a box come up on the screen reading 'Lag' with an exclamation
> > mark. *What is this OSD for? *How can I correct this? *I'm doing this
> > for my dad who only bought his laptop for using eBay and will want to
> > remain innocent of all these complications. *The Advent is currently
> > restored to before SP1 and not giving the Lag warning.
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> > Thanks for all help.
> Quote:
> > p.s. Could someone direct me to clear instructions for installing
> > another version of Windows on a Vista computer so I can use older
> > software. *Does this cause any driver problems? *It seems like
> > something people do and are not discouraged to but I don't want more
> > complications. *I have a Windows 98 CD to use.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text - Pardon me being daft, but I couldn't see how I merely disable Norton.
Any directions? Thanks.