[Gamecock]

***How do you have Norton and Zone Alarm set? I have Zone Alarm Professional, I think and Norton System Works 2006.***



Again, I have the free version of Zone Alarm. I have it set for:
Program control: Low
Internet Zone Security: Medium
Trusted Zone Security: Medium

My anti-virus is set at the default setting.

I have decided to use the same criteria for my computer settings that I use in my clinical practice: a risk/benefit ratio. Do the benefits of certain settings outweigh the risks of the same? From a clinical perspective, do I want to fry someone's liver to clear a mild case of acne? From a computer perspective: do I like not being able to access certain functions to the degree it paralyzes what I want my computer to do?

FWIW, I have heard some horror stories from friends about Norton System Works.

[Quix]

Thanks. Quite my sense about such stuff, too. balance . . .

Yeah, Norton and McAfee both have given me fits on more than one occasion. I like the utilities and GO BACK.

Daschund's AntiCrash software is wonderful but it's corrupted and I haven't been able to get it back shipshape yet. It stops a ton of crashes cold. Expensive but great stuff.

System Mechanic 5 is good but I paid for 6 only to discover that it had antivirus etc. and of course wouldn't work with any of the other. So I'm reverting to System 5

I started to install Microsoft's new FIXIT IT ALL whatever it's called. But they are worse--insisting on removing ALL others. I don't trust Microslop that much! Though I'd prefer to have a quality package the operating system writer cleared and tailor tuned to the operating system. I just don't trust Microslop that much.

[js1138]

FWIW, I have heard some horror stories from friends about Norton System Works.

If you used Goback, be sure you never develop a bad spot in your boot sector. Ordinarily, a bad boot sector means you have to replace the disk, but you can at least copy the unaffected data to the new drive. With Goback you might be unable to read the drive at all.