Norton Vs. Paint Shop Pro

I've had Norton 2009 for some time now.  But about 4 weeks ago, I noticed my computer freezing every time I went to access photos.  This drove me crazy as it continued to get worse and worse,  until finally I couldn't take it any more.  The freezing was averaging 35 seconds by the time I'd had enough.  So yesterday I spent pretty much the entire day going down the list of possibilities:  Adware, Malware, missing DLLs, de-fragging and so on.  I reinstalled my photo program which I had been using for years. (PSP7).

 

Finally, a computer guy told me to remove Norton.  While I had a suspicion that Norton might be the culprit,  there was nothing on Nortons website about conflicts between Norton 2009 and PSP.  (although there is a fix for Norton 360 and PSP).  So I removed Norton.  My photos

immediately loaded as normal! 
 
Now... I have lost a days work on tracking down something that my "protector" caused in the first place.  This isn't what I paid for,  and I think Norton should do a better job of posting these known issues so that we don't waste time fixing them.  In the meantime,  I will not re install Norton until I hear a fix for my problem.