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Symantec Registry Repair Tool - Has Anyone Used It?

Symantec has what is known as a Registry Repair Tool to fix problems for those folks who were running Norton 2008, and updated Windows XP to SP3 or Vista to SP1.  The free tool removes errant registry entries that may be hiding after the service pack was installed.
On their site Symantec states:
Numerous registry keys are [...]

HP Computer With Vista Ultimate Running Slow

A reader responded to an article from back in March 24, 2007 [here], and stated they were having issues with their HP system using Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate edition. This jogged my memory and made me wonder how many others are suffering slow performance because of what we call ‘crapware’. Most notable of the freebie [...]

Symantec Partially To Blame For Windows XP SP3 Fiasco

When I read last week that Symantec was shifting the blame onto Microsoft for the problems that appeared after SP3 was installed on a system running Symantec software, I paused before writing about this. First of all Symantec products have a reputation for being, shall we say, suspect even when nothing else is happening on [...]

Security Updates As Of May 25, 2008

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 05/25/08
Norton anti-virus: 05/21/08
McAfee anti-virus: 05/21/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 05/22/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 05/21/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 05/21/08
Nod32: 05/22/08

Updates as of May 25, 2008 6:00am CDT.
Tags: avg, norton, mcafee, lavasoft, spybot, defender, nod32

Symantec Finally Admits Its Software Slows Down A PC

I think you better sit down before I tell you that Symantec has finally realized that its software slows down a PC. No duh! For any of us in the computer field, we know that taking Symantec software product off of a PC breathes new life into the machine. The system jumps back to life [...]

Reader Wants to Know - Best Anti Virus Protection?

Reader Jim Beck has asked:
Ron -
Found your site(?) while looking for a phone number to contact Norton-Symantec. N-S has caused me problems for several years and I agree with what Mr. George had to say on your site 100 %. Unfortunately, my local provider Yahoo pushed a new program at me that incorporated Symantec and [...]

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