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To: Street Walker who wrote (2349)	9/7/1998 4:26:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 14778

regarding norton's crash guard, i installed it on my system as part of norton's utilities 3.0. i can't speak directly to the software's ability to prevent crashes, but i can say something about their "anti-freeze" feature. anti-feeze says it will "unfreeze frozen applications"... hasn't worked once for me in about a dozen various opportunities. i like that utilities 3.0 finds and fixes windows problems. that has been terrific. i have heard from many people that in their opinion, symantec's software creates as many problems (usually in the form of making a system unstable) as it fixes. i keep it installed on my pc and think that i am the better for it. good luck with yours. fwiw

To: Street Walker who wrote (2349)	9/7/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Today I bought a black IBM Keyboard at CompUSA for $35 (gave me a nice business discount). It is very sharp looking. IBM uses metal connectors for each key. El cheapos use plastic. Next time at the store, compare and note the difference. I love these full tactile monsters for all my main computers... Also bought Norton Crash Gaurd Deluxe for $9. They have an instant $30 rebate going on right now. The oldest computer in my network has been freezing up and this software says it will gaurd against...I'll give it a try. It says it has 3 times the crash gaurd protection than the other products out there. Bunch of Crap. I would take it back. If you want crash protection get NT. Sean

To: Street Walker who wrote (2349)	9/7/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Respond to of 14778

SW Greenhorn language Thats why your posts are so informative.... IBM Keyboard Between you and Sean, I'm sold.... some power sanding. wear a good resperator, not those paper masks Norton Crash Gaurd Deluxe I've been using it on the Mac . Gives you the opportunity to close the crashing SW, software not Streetwalker, before it brings down your whole system. I hear Techtool Pro is better. Don't know if it runs in windows. Sean is probably right, but then he's not a Greenhorn. Clarence