Vista - Problem with Norton 360

Hi,

I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton 360
which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:

Symantec Download Manager
Thank you for choosing Symantec.

Your Product : Norton 360
Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

During installation, you will have the
opportunity to save your Product Key
in your Norton Account

Could not write to the disk

I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.

Regards,
Mahmadi

I know you probably don't want to hear this, but call Symantec and try to
get your money back. Norton is bloated, problematic, slows down your
system, and is terrible. Go look at AVG Free or Avast for your system.
They have smaller footprints and are free. AVG also has an anti-spyware
program that is good, but it costs money. You will be happier in the long
run.


"Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
> 360
> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>
> Symantec Download Manager
> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>
> Your Product : Norton 360
> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> During installation, you will have the
> opportunity to save your Product Key
> in your Norton Account
>
> Could not write to the disk
>
> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmadi
>

So are you saying that your installation didn't complete and Norton 360
isn't running or running improperly. Or is just a problem with saving your
product key? Did you run it as administrator?

Kirk

"Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
> 360
> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>
> Symantec Download Manager
> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>
> Your Product : Norton 360
> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> During installation, you will have the
> opportunity to save your Product Key
> in your Norton Account
>
> Could not write to the disk
>
> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmadi
>

I don't know about Norton being bloated, problematic, slowing dowm my system
or being terrible. I installed Norton 360 with no problems and haven't seen
anything that would cause me to think any of those things. I did have
problems with both NAV and NIS under Vista, but I was able to return those
with a full refund.

Kirk

"Zim Babwe" <zimbabwe@behindthebushesinouterzimbabwe.com> wrote in message
news:%23rcxIQYZHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I know you probably don't want to hear this, but call Symantec and try to
>get your money back. Norton is bloated, problematic, slows down your
>system, and is terrible. Go look at AVG Free or Avast for your system.
>They have smaller footprints and are free. AVG also has an anti-spyware
>program that is good, but it costs money. You will be happier in the long
>run.
>
>
> "Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
> news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
>> 360
>> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>>
>> Symantec Download Manager
>> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>>
>> Your Product : Norton 360
>> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> During installation, you will have the
>> opportunity to save your Product Key
>> in your Norton Account
>>
>> Could not write to the disk
>>
>> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
>> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mahmadi
>>
>
>

If Symantec can't support their own products, switch to another that will.

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"Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
> 360
> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>
> Symantec Download Manager
> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>
> Your Product : Norton 360
> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> During installation, you will have the
> opportunity to save your Product Key
> in your Norton Account
>
> Could not write to the disk
>
> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmadi
>

Please pay no mind to the trolls here.

Honu


"Zim Babwe" <zimbabwe@behindthebushesinouterzimbabwe.com> wrote in message
news:%23rcxIQYZHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I know you probably don't want to hear this, but call Symantec and try to
>get your money back. Norton is bloated, problematic, slows down your
>system, and is terrible. Go look at AVG Free or Avast for your system.
>They have smaller footprints and are free. AVG also has an anti-spyware
>program that is good, but it costs money. You will be happier in the long
>run.
>
>
> "Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
> news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
>> 360
>> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>>
>> Symantec Download Manager
>> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>>
>> Your Product : Norton 360
>> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> During installation, you will have the
>> opportunity to save your Product Key
>> in your Norton Account
>>
>> Could not write to the disk
>>
>> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
>> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mahmadi
>>
>
>

What did Zim Babwe write which you could interpret as being troll like?
Everything they wrote is true.

"Hertz_Donut" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:OEriUFZZHHA.3824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> Please pay no mind to the trolls here.
>
> Honu
>
>
> "Zim Babwe" <zimbabwe@behindthebushesinouterzimbabwe.com> wrote in message
> news:%23rcxIQYZHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I know you probably don't want to hear this, but call Symantec and try to
>>get your money back. Norton is bloated, problematic, slows down your
>>system, and is terrible. Go look at AVG Free or Avast for your system.
>>They have smaller footprints and are free. AVG also has an anti-spyware
>>program that is good, but it costs money. You will be happier in the long
>>run.
>>
>>
>> "Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
>> news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
>>> 360
>>> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>>>
>>> Symantec Download Manager
>>> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>>>
>>> Your Product : Norton 360
>>> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> During installation, you will have the
>>> opportunity to save your Product Key
>>> in your Norton Account
>>>
>>> Could not write to the disk
>>>
>>> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
>>> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mahmadi
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

The best thing to do with 'any' norton software is dump it in the bin. Once
upon a time Norton software used to be good. Now it causes more problems
than it cures.
I certainly wouldn't use it.

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Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

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"Mahmadi" <mahmadi@batelco.com.bh> wrote in message
news:72307ACC-9513-4D19-82FB-313485B07CBA@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am using windows vista ultimate edition, and I tried to install Norton
> 360
> which compatable with vista but I am getting this error messag:
>
> Symantec Download Manager
> Thank you for choosing Symantec.
>
> Your Product : Norton 360
> Your Product Key : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> During installation, you will have the
> opportunity to save your Product Key
> in your Norton Account
>
> Could not write to the disk
>
> I had contact Norton, but it seems they are not able to help.
> Any one have any idea to solve this problem.. Appreciate your guidance.
>
> Regards,
> Mahmadi
>

John Barnett MVP wrote:
> The best thing to do with 'any' norton software is dump it in the bin.
> Once upon a time Norton software used to be good. Now it causes more
> problems than it cures.
> I certainly wouldn't use it.
>


I agree. It's become bloatware. It slows down your computer, it is
nearly impossible to uninstall it completely, and...when you need help,
you get idiots on the phone or in email who can do nothing more than
direct you to long, cumbersome instruction pages on the internet that do
not fix the problems.

You've said this before and I've said this before:

Norton 360 (and NIS2007) do not behave as you describe and I don't find
them hampering Windows, either XP or VISTA.