A.V. B.E. was probably Installed but is un-checked in B.E. and there seems to nothing up with N.I.S., although I am not 100% sure; I did not Check or un-Check anything to be un-insalled or installed so B.E. A.V. is probably installed on my system; the only way it was not installed would be if it Detected N.I.S. A.V. and did not install B.E. A.V., although I am not aware of this; A.V. is not Checked in B.E.; it has done this Automatically.
Just confirm what you mean by: “BUT if you had installed NAV, it would want to uninstall NIS (or NIS would want to uninstall NAV).”.
Dave,
I'm running NIS 2008 and would like to install my old Norton Utilities 2002 disk with it. That's instead of bothering with NSW Basic until I do a simultaneous install after both 2009 editions (NIS and NSW Basic) are available, perhaps next Fall or Winter. Before using NIS 2007 and 2008, I used to use NSW 2004, 2005 and 2006 plus fee versions of AdA and ZA. Are those dirty words here? My reasoning was to not keep all of my eggs in one basket.
I have no need for the latest NSW Standard or Premier features, I just want WinDoctor and ScanDisk. A new NU would be great.
Is there any reason why I should not consider installing NU 2002?
What version of WIndows are you using?
Using disk intensive and regisstry invasive utilities from so long ago could be dangerous to your mental health <s>
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I’m running Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, 3GB of of RAM and a fast Intel dual core processor. I don’t think that the occasional use of WinDoctor or Scan Disk would be a problem, since I don’t believe that Norton Utilities does anything in the background and only does its thing when you choose to run one of its features manually.
Symantec software is a lot more complicated than you probably think. Simply installing it in this untested environment may cause unforeseen problems. Symantec does not offer support for NU 2002 anymore, and in no way can I advise you to install it.
Sure, NU 2002 was built to be compatible with Windows NT/98/2K/ME/XP -- But I can't imagine how many other compatibility issues have crept in over the years, with patches to the OS and compatibility with current Symantec products (and other 3rd party products as well). Heck, it's never been tested with XP SP3 before.
Then again, maybe nothing will happen and it'll run perfectly. I'm just saying it's not a chance I would take on my own computer.
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Faiir enough. Thanks for the response.
Hi Floating_Red,
Starting with Norton products 2007 the installation will guide you and tell you the exact order
in which Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works must be installed to get peak
performance on your system.
To simplify for you - always start by installing Norton Internet Security.
When there is something on your system, that will not allow this order of installation, you will get a clear message how to go on.
This way of making an installation will give you a setup minimizing conflicts.
Try it !!
I have done it the last two years. It works for me and it should work for you.
Cheers,
Kurt
blane wrote:
I'm running Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, 3GB of of RAM and a fast Intel dual core processor. I don't think that the occasional use of WinDoctor or Scan Disk would be a problem, since I don't believe that Norton Utilities does anything in the background and only does its thing when you choose to run one of its features manually.
It only requires one occasion when the utility meets a situation that did not exist when it was programmed for something nasty to happen. Like Dave, I'm not saying it will but is it worth your time and money in rebuilding a system to save the cost of a utility.
In any case, my life doing support over on Compuserve's WIndows Forums is full of dealing with messages saying: "I cleaned up my Windows system and got rid of all the unnecessary stuff to make it run faster and safer ...... and now it won't boot up. What shall I do?"
But it's your call .....
CompuServe? Now there's a blast from the past. CompuServe was my original dialup ISP in the 1980's at 300 baud.
Thanks huwyngr.
It's not what it used to be -- who or what is? 8:(
But there is still good support from volunteers in Hardware and Windows plus a wide ranging Virus Central. And you don't have to pay to be a member any more ....
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Kurt wrote:Hi Floating_Red,
Starting with Norton products 2007 the installation will guide you and tell you the exact order
in which Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works must be installed to get peak
performance on your system.
To simplify for you - always start by installing Norton Internet Security.
When there is something on your system, that will not allow this order of installation, you will get a clear message how to go on.
This way of making an installation will give you a setup minimizing conflicts.
Try it !!
I have done it the last two years. It works for me and it should work for you.
Cheers,
Kurt
Hello Kurt,
So, you say I should Install N.I.S. first and then Norton SystemWorks Basic Edition. Okay. But, should I do a Custom Install or just let it Install by it-self?
Like to mention this but, when my Trailware for this Expired, my In-bound Firewall and my Advanced Firewall went to "At Risk".