Any problems with AVG8?

Any problems with AVG8?

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Any problems with AVG8? Gualtier Malde 05-15-2008
Posted by Gualtier Malde on May 15, 2008, 7:56 pm
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I am running Windows 2000 SP 4 and have AVG 7.5 installed. I recently renewed
my subscription and now AVG is urging download and installation of v 8. I am
writing because I think I recall someone describing some trouble with v 8, but I
can't find the reference.

So: Anyone having trouble with v 8 in this environment?

Thanks

Posted by Nokternl on May 21, 2008, 12:59 am
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> I am running Windows 2000 SP 4 and have AVG 7.5 installed. =A0I recently r=
enewed
> my subscription and now AVG is urging download and installation of v 8. =
=A0I am
> writing because I think I recall someone describing some trouble with v 8,=
but I
> can't find the reference.
>
> So: Anyone having trouble with v 8 in this environment?
>
> Thanks

In my office, we have had both good and bad luck, but we've only
installed AVG8 on a handful of Win2k machines. Only one installation
has failed and we weren't exactly sure why this happened. Provided
that memory serves me correctly, i believe it was because SP4 wasn't
installed first, but unfortunately I cannot remember for sure since it
was a while ago. I just wanted to let you know that our office had
trouble with an installation. One thing I do remember as part of one
of the AVG8 upgrade was that there is a Roxio patch that was required
to be installed before AVG8. If believe the installer had the link to
download the update when the error occurred, so you might want to take
that into account if you have it. I hope this helps you on your road
to an answer.

Posted by Gualtier Malde on May 23, 2008, 5:05 pm
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Nokternl wrote:
>> I am running Windows 2000 SP 4 and have AVG 7.5 installed. I recently renewed
>> my subscription and now AVG is urging download and installation of v 8. I am
>> writing because I think I recall someone describing some trouble with v 8,
but I
>> can't find the reference.
>>
>> So: Anyone having trouble with v 8 in this environment?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> In my office, we have had both good and bad luck, but we've only
> installed AVG8 on a handful of Win2k machines. Only one installation
> has failed and we weren't exactly sure why this happened. Provided
> that memory serves me correctly, i believe it was because SP4 wasn't
> installed first, but unfortunately I cannot remember for sure since it
> was a while ago. I just wanted to let you know that our office had
> trouble with an installation. One thing I do remember as part of one
> of the AVG8 upgrade was that there is a Roxio patch that was required
> to be installed before AVG8. If believe the installer had the link to
> download the update when the error occurred, so you might want to take
> that into account if you have it. I hope this helps you on your road
> to an answer

Thanks - I just got back here. Meanwhile I did install v 8 and it seems OK. I
don't recall a Roxio component, but Roxio is insinuated in so much software
these days that nothing surprises me about it.


Posted by Jim Watt on May 27, 2008, 2:57 pm
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:56:39 -0700, Gualtier Malde

>I am running Windows 2000 SP 4 and have AVG 7.5 installed. I recently renewed
>my subscription and now AVG is urging download and installation of v 8. I am
>writing because I think I recall someone describing some trouble with v 8, but
I
>can't find the reference.
>
>So: Anyone having trouble with v 8 in this environment?
>
>Thanks

I dislike the feature where it checks website pages for
problems, as it means that if you open a google search
page, it visits all the links.

However it can be turned off, although the tray icon
admonishes you for it with a little red exclamation.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Posted by Beachcomber on May 28, 2008, 12:19 pm
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>I dislike the feature where it checks website pages for
>problems, as it means that if you open a google search
>page, it visits all the links.
>
>However it can be turned off, although the tray icon
>admonishes you for it with a little red exclamation.
>--
>Jim Watt
>http://www.gibnet.com

My PC is about 4 years old and I just installed the free version of
AVG 8.

I'm very displeased with the speed reduction. Whatever new features
there are seem to have slowed down the browser to the point where it
is not usable. Browser pages take longer to load and e-mail was
noticably slower as well.

I had to disable the autoload of AVG from the system tray because I
just couldn't stand it anymore. I'm one of those who had used the
previous freeware version of AVG for years without any problems.

This new version seems to have a stanglehold over system resources
unless perhaps, your computer is one of the newest and fastest models
or perhaps the PAY version works better.

Anyone know for sure? Anyone else see the slowdown?

Beachcomber



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