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Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on May 30, 2005, 10:33 pm
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I currently have Norton SystemWorks 2003 Pro, and in a month or so, it'll be
kaput.
I would normally opt for a newer version, but am confused by a couple of
things, and wonder if I shouldn't just "renew" the subscription.
I read here and there that the later versions of NAV (2004 + 2005) *hog* the
system bandwidth like never before. Have you found this to be true? Is it
*much* worse than the 2003 I currently have?
--
With knowledge comes sorrow.
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Posted by Peacekeeper on May 31, 2005, 12:25 am
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All i can say is
1 have 2005 and its Goback and ghost 9 versions have saved me many times
from bad installs etc
2. have 2004 here at work non Pro version and 2005 pro at home and I haven't
noticed any issues re hogging though i have seen posts of such around the
traps.
Tony
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Posted by * * Chas on May 31, 2005, 11:10 am
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>
> I currently have Norton SystemWorks 2003 Pro, and in a month or so,
it'll be
> kaput.
>
> I would normally opt for a newer version, but am confused by a
couple of
> things, and wonder if I shouldn't just "renew" the subscription.
>
> I read here and there that the later versions of NAV (2004 + 2005)
*hog* the
> system bandwidth like never before. Have you found this to be true?
Is it
> *much* worse than the 2003 I currently have?
>
Each release of Symantec products become more porcine. I'm still
running SW 2000 on one system. Since I only use about 4 features I
switched to Norton Utilities instead (no AV or firewall). I had
problems with later versions of NU so I'm running NU 2001.
I would recommend getting separate components for your AV and firewall
needs. There are a lot of very good less expensive (some even free)
programs like NOD32, F-Prot, AVG and so on for AV protection, Kerio
and Zone Alarm firewalls, AdAware and SpyBot for spyware and so on.
I got tired of Norton D/L massive product registration verification
updates (LiveReg) every few months. Not only did they waste time D/L
and installing, each one was more of a resource hog than the previous
version, and only served to check that my software was legit.
Chas.
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Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on May 31, 2005, 6:53 pm
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....[rip]...
> I got tired of Norton D/L massive product registration verification
> updates (LiveReg) every few months. Not only did they waste time D/L
> and installing, each one was more of a resource hog than the previous
> version, and only served to check that my software was legit.
I'm curious. How on earth would they know if, say, an oem version was on
more than one machine behind someone's firewall? The CD's are not
individually coded, nor do you have to enter a serial number stamped on a
sleeve or box.
--
"So I just, uh... I just cut them up like regular chickens?"
"Sure, just cut them up like regular chickens."
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Posted by * * Chas on May 31, 2005, 10:54 pm
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"Thomas G. Marshall"
> * * Chas coughed up:
>
> ...[rip]...
>
> > I got tired of Norton D/L massive product registration
verification
> > updates (LiveReg) every few months. Not only did they waste time
D/L
> > and installing, each one was more of a resource hog than the
previous
> > version, and only served to check that my software was legit.
>
>
> I'm curious. How on earth would they know if, say, an oem version
was on
> more than one machine behind someone's firewall? The CD's are not
> individually coded, nor do you have to enter a serial number stamped
on a
> sleeve or box.
>
I've used just about every version of NAV from 1995 up through 2002 -
tried 2003 and 2004 but went back to 2002. I don't run Norton any more
so I can't give you the details.
LiveReg is the module used to register Symantec updateable programs
and to check on their subscription date. It's so big relative to what
it does that it has an entry in Control Panel/Add-Remove applet. There
is a second DRM applet that appeared in NAV 2003 that does the same
thing and runs in the background. It's a very poor, complicated method
to check subscriptions. That's why I went back to NAV 2002 on the one
system I was still running NAV.
Chas.
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