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Clear DayI have Norton's installed on my pc and it's up for renewal. Was wondering if it is better to go with Norton's System Works (I think that's what it's called) rather than the no frills upgrade.

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Helen
 
Hi, Helen.

You'll get a variety of answers to that question, probably including some
flames against everything Norton and Symantec. ;^{

Here's my answer: I've used Norton since the days when Peter Norton
actually wrote Norton Utilities. Since Symantec took over, the emphasis has
gone more and more to fluff and "eye candy" and less to nitty-gritty tools
to manage the inner gut-level workings of our computers. I used NSW in
Win9x days, but dropped that when I migrated to Win2K and things like
CrashGuard and DiskDoctor seemed to create more hassles than they fixed.
WinXP's built-in defragger works better than SpeedDisk on NTFS.

I still like the Norton Antivirus. The firewall they added a couple of
years ago and the antispam they added last year work well for me, although
configuration is more of a headache than it ought to be. To get these three
programs without all the other stuff, I buy and use Norton Internet
Security, currently the 2004 version.

Annual updates of the program are not strictly necessary if we renew the
subscription so that we keep getting updates of the virus signatures. But,
since a new box includes the next year's subscription - and since the NAV
and firewall protection are SO critical to Internet safety these days, I
think the extra cost to get a whole new package every year - or at least
every second year - is worth it. I hate mail-in rebates, but if you use
them, you can cut the renewal cost to zero in a few cases. (Best Buy was
offering NIS 2004 for $50 less $50 in rebates recently.)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP

Clear DayI have Norton's installed on my pc and it's up for renewal. Was
wondering if it is better to go with Norton's System Works (I think that's
what it's called) rather than the no frills upgrade.

Thanks
Helen
 
My personal opinion is that NAV is very good. Most of the
other utilities in the Norton suites are either not really
needed or cause more problems than they cure.

Hope this helps,
Milt

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Clear DayI have Norton's installed on my pc and it's up
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for renewal. Was wondering if it is better to go with
Norton's System Works (I think that's what it's called)
rather than the no frills upgrade.
 
Bravo R.C. And Milt. Norton Anti-Virus is the only tool left from Nortons since Symantec came into the picture that is worth buying and using. }:~)
 
Don't bother to upgrade, Uninstall the one you have.
Michael
Clear DayI have Norton's installed on my pc and it's up for renewal. Was
wondering if it is better to go with Norton's System Works (I think that's
what it's called) rather than the no frills upgrade.

Thanks
Helen
 
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