Re: [Thinkpad] T43: Norton Systemworks Basic Edition <--> AVG problem?

I agree, very serious problems with Norton anything these days. I work for an ISP and one
of the first questions the support team asks when troubleshooting is: "Do you have Norton
[anything] installed?"

gl

Computer Services wrote:
> Yep. Serious troubles with NSW. I see no reason strong enough to consider
> using NSW for anything. It is major, major trouble. The incompatibilities
> extend way beyond AVG. We find Symantec and Norton in their various
> configurations to be big problems for way too many installs to consider ever
> using them.
>
> You simply cannot use NSW with any other security program. Period. Unless
> you can put up with the irritating little problems that always come up.
>
> WinDoctor is very old technology, and Symantec is just coasting with it.
> They no longer have the technicians that came with it when they purchased
> the software company, and they are no longer willing to put the money into
> it to make it modern and trouble free
>
> RayBay
>
> On Nov 6, 2007 12:02 AM, jrace@attglobal.net <jrace@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Due to the excellent results obtained with NSW WinDoctor on my W2K
>> partition, I got a copy of NSW Basic Edition V 10 for daughter's XP
>> T43.
>>
>> At install warning came up that it is incompatible with AVG.
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with this? I can find no anti-virus
>> module in NSW so can't see a reason for a conflict.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>
>> Jeffrey Race
>>
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