NIS 2012 Compatible with Slow Dialup?

It's time to update my NIS 2011. I use a slow dialup connection on a 6 year old laptop with XP SP3. ;-(

 

NIS 2013 is probably great, but I prefer to let others test drive new versions for a bit. So... I have a few questions about the 2012 version.

 

1. Can NIS 2012 be used with dialup? To confirm, would you please let me know if the following items can be turned off?

 

     * Pulse updates

     * Auto download of new version

     * Special offers

     * Norton community watch (Sorry about that!)

 

2. Also, is it true that NIS 2012 has a built in download manager?

 

3. Finally, do I need to turn java on to install NIS 2012? (It's currently turned off for obvious security reasons.)

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

k2