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To: Bob Pittsfield who wrote (23349)	11/15/2001 7:38:04 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Bob Due to SI's connection problems I "signed out" last night in case we were having problems this morning. I subscribe to the Langa Letter and in this morning's edition he briefly talks about Norton and Drive Image. Thought you'd want to read this. "5) "Do You Recommend Norton?" Fred, I was wondering if you might comment on whether you use or would promote using Norton System Works to help fix problems with your PC? Thanks, John Schlaack On Win9X, Norton's "WinDoctor" and "SpeedDisk" are (IMHO) great tools: The former does a very good job of cleaning up problems with the Registry, invalid shortcuts, etc; and the latter blows the doors off Win9x's own defragger. Norton AntiVirus also is one of the best, if not the best, commercial AV tools. The Norton suite is less strong in other versions of Windows. In Windows 2K and XP, for example, the AV tool cannot operate invisibly (you're forced to deal with dialogs and notification windows even for the most routine of scanning problems); and SpeedDisk cannot automatically order the files on your drive in a most-used/fastest-access fashion (you have to figure it out manually). I've also found conflicts between Norton's WinDoctor and Powerquest's Drive Image 5 on XP; on my system WinDoctor's "repair" hoses DI5 so badly that XP totally freezes and requires a power-off reboot. (Yes, despite claims to the contrary, XP can totally hang too, just like other versions of Windows.) Various versions of Norton's also have had stability and support problems. Despite these flaws, and on balance, yes, I think Norton's is worth having. But like all software, it has its warts and weirdnesses, too. It's good, but not a panacea." Before I take off, I'd like to thank everyone for the continued great contributions to the Learning thread. We have picked up several new very knowledgeable folks lately that have continued the helpful and friendly nature of this thread. This is the few threads on SI where I can say I learn something constructive every day. I'll be back in early December. "Work as if you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching." -Mark Twain