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[speedieboy]

ok i'm not sure if this is the right section to put this in but i have two computers one running win me the other running winxp pro my question is i have norton system works 2001 on the pc with win me can i use the same program version on win xp pro?according to the documentation on the cd it says that win xp is covered by it but i'm not sure.i had nortons anti-virus corporate edition on my win xp computer but it stopped working and all the downloaded updates would no longer install(kept coming up with error 16 bit file cannot run on this system)even though i've updated every night to get the latest definitions.winxp was in ntfs files when installed not 32 bit.unfortunately my nortons disk is damaged and i cannot replace it so i'm stuck with an earler version.to tide me over i tempoarily installed kaspersky and it caused me nothing but problems.where nortons had said there were no viruses this rotten thing kept finding stuff and i refused to ignore,disinfect or quarantine so my only option was to delete.everything seemed fine till about twelve hours later when the pc got really slow and took forever to load anything so irestarted the pc only to find that it was impossible to get anything to open without it sitting and thinking about it for half an hour at a time.i've come to the conclusion that the files kaspersky deleted were system files and my pc tech agrees.i will be reinstalling win xp but want to know if i can use nortons systemworks 2001 safely with xp?

[BobTheFrog]

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Free version of AVG will NOT STOP the new real nasty virii & trojans out there...

Quick hello to SpeedieBoy - a mate of mine.

I have also had the Norton thing happen to me...to be honest, Windows Me is a waste of time, you should take the plunge and stick with XP...with of course all the patches and fixes that come out all the time !

I had a drive partitioned into Win 98 & Win XP Pro...installed Norton systemworks..all hell broke loose.

Later I found that Norton themselves DO NOT RECOMMEND installing their product on a split drive...Hive errors etc.

Stick to XP in NTFS format, your diskspace will stay a lot lower too.

True - most virus programs are shite...what one stops, another lets in - but I repeat AVG is almost better than having no antivirus software installed.

Why not try PC-Cillin?

I found also that Norton products hog too much of your precious cpu time and as a result, actually slow you machine down in lots of ways....I have found PC - Cillin to be just as accurate as Norton - with a tenth of the system drain Norton used to produce.

But there are so many of the av products out there..Is one actually better than the other?.......all are better than the free AVG...you do get better results with the bought version of AVG, but it is nowhere near as big a company as the other guys...I have heard that Sophos is good too.

But I do feel for anyone with Norton problems...they are famous for it...seems to work great on one motherboard...crap on another...it's all a maze.

On Systemworks...if you ever do a speed disk defrag with your split drive as I have said above (98 & XP) One drive will be defragged...the other will say the classic..

"Invalid system disk...please insert boot disk"

BASTARD !!!

ALL YOUR OTHER DATA ON THE OTHER PARTITION IS GONE !!!
If not...you try to find it?

My twopence worth...forget a partitioned dual-boot system, just go for XP then install systemworks, it will be upgradeable to work with XP...Speed disk will now work correctly....System works isn't a bad program at all really, but NAV is too consuming and too slow and big etc.......install SystemWorks WITHOUT using Norton Anti Virus at all......find another av prog.....you get the best of both worlds.

Anyone else found this?

OK there will be loads of people saying how great Norton is etc etc, but it has been an expense - stressful learning curve sometimes...check this out...

http://www.rselby.com/xperrorcodes.htm
http://www.designcommunity.com/messages/6279.html
http://www2.geek.com/discus/messages/6874/1047.html

There are so many more......