Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Computer Learning -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: aldrums who wrote (10267)	6/24/2000 12:13:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

aldrums, I just found out Symantec has a 30-day free trial download. symantecstore.com Gottfried

To: aldrums who wrote (10267)	6/24/2000 12:43:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110631

keep in mind, i don't know about gottfried, but i could have gone on and on for untold pages, citing all the merits of this software. its various 'doctors' (such as windoctor) are really neat. the very first time i installed norton utilities, which was before they were packaging the systemworks suite, i ran windoctor and it discovered and repaired something like 54 conflicts and errors. one poster on this thread may have set the record with 150+ errors fixed. truth is, i was looking hard at installing win2000 on my machine. i've run the little microsoft win2k compatibility test... i'll need new drivers for my monitor and printer. i already have the os in an unopened box. i'd really like to go forward with the install. i am drawn by what i hear is unsurpassed stability and no resource drains. the downside, and it's a big one, seems to be installation hell and compatibility probs. but i was willing to accept those drawbacks and at least try an install on a separate partition. then i noticed that most of the norton tools are not compatible with win2k. and i simply said, forget about it. <g3> no av, no cleansweep, no utilities? don't want a puter without 'em. i suspect that symantec will come out with software soon that works with 2k, but until then, i don't want the new os. just rambling... :) mark