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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Soft Cell |
posted 11-22-2003 23:33
My kids have a PIII 1.4ghz running windows xp pro. They've just installed norton antivirus 2004 and now say the pc has slowed way down. any ideas why or what can be done? |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Land of one Headlight on. |
posted 11-23-2003 05:24
I don't know what it is but norton seems to be able to suck stuff out of a vacuum... if you know what I mean. =) |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: Brisbane |
posted 11-23-2003 18:08
Here's a simple solution: Uninstall Norton. Replace current coffee cup coaster with the Norton install CD. |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: bellevue, mich usa |
posted 11-23-2003 18:13
i always found norton to be a pain in my a$$ |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Charles River |
posted 11-23-2003 18:57
If you read a recent thread I started about Norton Internet "In"Security, you'll know that, after I installed Norton AV 2003, I couldn't access my WinXP anymore - after the rebooting - no way. There were nothing I could do to fix the problem. If I didn't have an image of my partition as a backup, I'd have been in a hell of a situation. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Manitoba, Canada |
posted 11-24-2003 16:34
Nortaon Anti-virus in the most resource intensive anti-virus that I know of. I have take to disableing mine (Right click Diable auto protect) when I am doing something big on my computer. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Washington DC |
posted 11-24-2003 16:48
There are some people using XP at my work, and their computers all suck. Slow as hell. Compared to my super-fast Windows 2000 computer. No one is sure what the problem is, but even windows explorer is real slow. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Charles River |
posted 11-24-2003 17:57
I have Win2k and WinXP in my machine. I use mostly WinXP because it has a more beautiful interface but Win2k is better and faster. Whenever something goes wrong with my WinXP, I use my Win2k installation to restore WinXP to a usable state. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Astral Plane |
posted 11-24-2003 19:52
Hmmm.... I've never had any problems with NAV and XP working together. I noticed some slow downs a while ago but after going through the windows update procedures those have been cleared up. I would suggest taking a look at the updates page and see what hasn't been installed. It may seem like a hassle but it has made a BIG difference on my machine. Where is the slow down that they are talking about? Mine was always at startup/login. As I mentioned.... the Windows Updates have fixed that issue. Warm boot time is down to 5-6 seconds depending on how fast I type my password. Cold boot is maybe twice that. I'm running a P4 1.9 Ghz, so kinda comparable. |