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Old 04-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Norton 2008 problem...

......or so I think.I can access the other pc's from my Vista pc but I can only
access the public folder on the Vista pc from the XP machines.I have shared the C drive on the vista pc but when I try to access it I get told about not having permissions etc.Any ideas?
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Re: Norton 2008 problem...

It probably is Norton. Remove it with the Norton removal tool. Replace it with either Avast, Avira(both are free) or NOD32(you gotta pay for this one)which is really the better of the 3. Then use Comodo fore a firewall. You should be able to access your shares normally then. It would not be the first time I've seen Norton cause this kind of problem.

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......or so I think.I can access the other pc's from my Vista pc but I can only
access the public folder on the Vista pc from the XP machines.I have shared the C drive on the vista pc but when I try to access it I get told about not having permissions etc.Any ideas?
Its not your Norton, you need to reset all your permissions, and sharing permissions, removing Norton won't help, it your Network setup.

I use Norton with my Network and it works perfecly well.

Joel is a fanatical anti Norton, he'll tell you to remove it, whether it helps or not.
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Re: Norton 2008 problem...

Oh removing Norton will definitly help. It will free up resourses hogged by it in the first place.

Norton works for some. But the second it starts acting up your better off dropping it. Some people have misplaced values when it comes to symantec products. As soon as they bite them where the sun dont shine their song will change.

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Oh removing Norton will definitly help. It will free up resourses hogged by it in the first place.
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You see that proves that Joel is not up-to-date, the days of Norton hogging resources has passed, it has a very light footprint now,

But Joel wouldn't know that because he doesn't keep up-to-date sofware information.

I consider him a poor technician, who doesn't consider ALL the options, too hidebound.
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Re: Norton 2008 problem...

No norton is still and always will be crap.

If the product was any good, then Jody Gibney senior product manager for Symantec/Norton Internet Security wouldn't have registered here, and under the disguise of a normal user and raved about how good the product was .

Please do not PM me to ask for support - please use the relevant thread or forum.
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Busted, Down on Bourbon Street,
Set up, like a bowling pin.
Knocked down, it get to wearing thin............

Thought a little Grateful Dead was appropriate music for z#'s last post lol.

I was wondering what position kitty held with Symantec..........

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I only spotted this as Jody had an out of office reply set on her emails, so when somebody replyed to her post the out of office reply came in to my email.....busted

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I have never had an issue with it, myself. I have been using Norton since the second edition of the program was put out back in 1996.

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I'm afraid Norton is getting the boot.I've only tried it out this time as the first 2 months were free so its back to NOD.Never liked to old ones so I was willing to try the new this time but once a donkey always a donkey.
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