Just Installed Norton. Cannot bring up spam folders in Outlook. What am I doing wrong this time

04.18.05 | mlmr

[Cicero]

As a rule, it's helpful to specify the operating system you are using and the state of updates on it (i.e., SP-2 with latest upgrades?).

Also what version of Norton you just installed. Is it 2005?

I had some incompatibilities between some of the new features in NAV 2005 and one of my programs, Spam Pal, because it thought that it was a worm. It could be that it's seeing some antispam program you have installed as a worm. If so, maybe you can tweak it to approve the program it's having problems with.

[David L Walker straightheart]

The problem with syntax products you don't realize there is a major problem until half your hard drive is full of errors weaving their way around your registry files and then you got a major headache having to go to BIOS to free the hard drive,and as earlier mentioned why waste $40 a year when a better product is for free,my LAN service provides my protection for free,which includes spam,and ad ware,spy ware protection as well,let the buyer beware,now back to news

[nopardons]

That's going a bit to far....you're only an abject failure re following FR's posting rules. ;^)

[mlmr]

You genius! thank you . I would have never found those dirctions.!!! You are wonderful and I am grateful beyond belief. I owe you my firstborn who is sixteen and perpetually grumpy.

[Old Professer]

I uninstalled my Norton with half the subscription left after a new hard drive was put in under warranty with XP SP2 on it; never looked back.

[mlmr]

I just installed it and I think it is going to work!!

[mlmr]

What does sp2 have?

[Old Professer]

A better outfield and a halfway decent shortstop; but I also installed Office afterward and now am stuck with the full-function version of Outlook which doesn't have the look and feel of Express and my wife keeps bitchin'...

[mlmr]

It took me a while to get used to the difference.

[all_mighty_dollar]

Truthfully and not being sarcastic, the problem is that your using Norton. Its crap, really. It causes more problems and is mostly bloat ware. I know you spent alot on it, but I would get rid of it, download AVG Anti-virusfor free (and gives you free updates), and if your using XP turn on your firewall (built into XP) and if you've got an extra $40, go buy System Suite by V-com. All in one anti virus, firewall, email scan, disk defrg, etc. So I've got 2 anti viruses, and 3 firewals (including the one built in my router) and running spyware, Never had a problem. Got rid of my Norton and never ever will use it again. Very poor product IMO

I have to agree, free is better, per my own experience and from listening to various computer related radio programs.

I have used a similar free one also, this one from Germany, (www.free-av.com) for 3+ years with excellant results, but have heard AVG recommended a number of times by gurus.

My 100% 'fix' lately has been to use start using Xandros 3.0, PCLinuxOS .81 and SUSE Linux 9.0 on my machines where possible and only using Windows when not having the choice or expertise to avoid XP. I use 'dual boot' on each of my 3 machines. SUSE is a very easy install program to set that up. I started with SUSE but in Linux, as in a lot of other things, the grass is always greener on the other side, in this case, of the OS fence.

[dljordan]

"Running Windows XP SP2? There are some incompatibilities with Norton software. Search on www.microsoft.com for info."

XP2 also has some major problems with the Panda software I downloaded. It wiped my system out twice and the b*stards didn't even give me my money back.

[Eagle9]

There was a related thread posted last week that has useful info. The thread did get a bit off topic at times, mainly due to it's title. Regardless, it contains a variety of solutions.

My Norton is driving me nuts

[KeyWest]

One more suggestion to dump Norton. I was an enthusiastic Norton booster until last year. I convinced many people to install it. No longer. Now it is as much spyware as the spyware it is suppose to control. Plus, it does bloat your system and can (as it has with you) cause more problems than it is supposed to prevent.

You might want to check microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics newsgroup and will see the number of problems Norton generates, not just with SP2. It is not the excellent set of programs it once was.

Any good ISP has decent protection (spam and viruses) and you can install AVG (anti-virus), Spybot, Adaware (both anti-spyware), zonealarm (firewall) and Asquared (Trojan killer) to very adequately protect your system, and all are free.

Defrag and disk checking is in XP but I would like a good registry program like windoctor was. Even it has problems now.

I see you do not want to use Mozilla or Firefox. Too bad. They are exceptional browsers and add another layer of safety (no active-x). I have been using them since Moz 1.0.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Wish I could get some help getting my audio (speakers) to work. Running XP Professional. It had a big woofer box plugged into the computer and the speakers plugged into that. The woofer had a problem so I took that stuff off and plugged a pair of regular speakers (working previously) into the audio jack on the sound card. No dice and don't know how to get them to work. XP shows the card to be working properly. Help?

[em2vn]

You are out of your mind.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Not really, most of us avoid Norton like we're getting a mystery box from Angola...

[mlmr]

I dont understand all the norton negatives. It keeps things clean, it works a lot better than mailwasher and it works. An technical idiot like me (Yeah, yeah, I know, there are no technicalities...I'm certified) can run and install it and it works.
What is the problem?


Of course I have Freepers to help me out....blush!

[MD_Willington_1976]

To me Norton has turned into a massive "Bloatware" distro. I've seen tons of problems with it on the various hardware and software forums I visit.

Also you're not an idiot, idiots post at DU ;)

MD