I just spend another weekend being totally absorbed by my computers. It all started when I wanted to upgrade my main game computer to Norton System Works 2003 and also installing Norton Internet Security Professional.
Now, I have had my fair share of computer problems with Norton (if you can’t remember check the March 26 blog called Norton Goback, Go Away) and this wasn’t going to be any different. First I just tried to upgrade. This didn’t work well. Then I tried to uninstall all Norton stuff. That didn’t work well either.
After going to the usual registry hell, I just gave up and tried to go with the free-ware versions for my firewall and virus scanner. But that gave some other troubles. I used AntiVir-personal (you should too: it’s for free and it works good), but for some damn reason it just didn’t install right.
It took me a few hours literally to hack it. Now it’s running and so is ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm.
Bah! I just hate PC’s sometimes. Word of advice here: stay away from Norton 2004. 2003 versions work better and with less hassle!