It seems like people are still having problems getting Symantec or Norton software uninstalled off of their systems. The main problem seems to be that if Symantec or Norton software is not totally cleaned off of the system, it could interfere with other security software or also cause system freeze ups. In one of the forums I frequent, it was mentioned that over at Dave Taylors website he has a fairly good method to follow. So I dropped over to Dave’s site for a look-see. He has posted a step by step approach to uninstall the software which is located here.

Next I took a look around the Net and found this article from WindowsSecrets that covers other issues you may face when trying to get Symantec or Norton stuff off of your system. In this article it states a very good point:

Unfortunately, neither Symantec’s bundled uninstaller — nor a little-known, special utility from the company — removes every single thing.

This I believe where the problem is. It seems that Symantec likes to leave some stuff behind that they feel is necessary to prohibit folks from using there free 30 day trials, over and over again. Isn’t that just ducky. You can read the entire article as well as some great links here.

Over at PC Hell they have more information posted about the problem as well. You can take a look here for this information s well.

Hopefully one of these solutions will work for.

Comments welcome.

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Google is once again taking aim at Microsoft this time at the software giants SharePoint software. Google Sites is parts of Google Apps and can be used by large organizations to share information. Google states that:

Google Sites, a new offering from Google Apps, makes creating a team site as easy as editing a document. Use Google Sites to centralize all types of information — from videos to presentations — and share your site with just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.

Anyone can do itBuilding a site is as simple as editing a document, and you don’t need anyone’s help to get started.

One-stop sharingCreate a single place to bring together all the information your team needs to share, including docs, videos, photos, calendars and attachments.

Work togetherInvite co-workers, classmates, or your entire organization to edit your site with you to keep it fresh and up-to-date. And let as many or few people view your site as you want

So it seems that Google is keeping up the pressure on Microsoft and challenging the Redmond company to another round of improvements to their Google Apps which is already drawing many businesses users. This is one more indication that Google is serious about making Cloud computing available to all.

Comments welcome.

Google Sites web page is here. 

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