Norton 2007 and long boot time

[kpk1052]

I installed Norton 2007 on a year old Athlon 64 3700+ computer with 1 gig of
ram and the computer was running fine before I installed the Norton, but now
it takes about 10 minutes to fully boot up. After it does boot the computer
runs fine. Just looking for some help.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I installed Norton 2007 on a year old Athlon 64 3700+ computer with 1
gig of ram and the computer was running fine before I installed the
Norton, but now it takes about 10 minutes to fully boot up. After it
does boot the computer runs fine. Just looking for some help.

Probably not the answer you want to hear, but I'll be the first of probably
many people here who will recommend that you uninstall everything Norton.
It's the *worst* of all possible alternatives.

 

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Probably not the answer you want to hear, but I'll be the first of
probably many people here who will recommend that you uninstall
everything Norton. It's the *worst* of all possible alternatives.

Friends don't let friends use Norton

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[GRAND_POOBAH]

I agree with Ken and Max. Norton is the software of last resort.

What bugged me the most was it started services that I had set to
"disabled" time after time. I finally had to rename the service
executables to keep them from starting. It would also phone home and
update itself - an often lengthy and bandwidth consuming process -
whenever IT wanted, not when I wanted it to; usually interrupting
something important.

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[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

I stopped using Nortons 2006 because of the way it slowed down the system and increased
startup and shutdown times etc.
I heard Nortons 2007 was worse.
Obviously this is not what you wanted to hear - get rid of Nortons.
K

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|I installed Norton 2007 on a year old Athlon 64 3700+ computer with 1 gig of
| ram and the computer was running fine before I installed the Norton, but now
| it takes about 10 minutes to fully boot up. After it does boot the computer
| runs fine. Just looking for some help.
|

 

[Ron Martell]

I installed Norton 2007 on a year old Athlon 64 3700+ computer with 1 gig of
ram and the computer was running fine before I installed the Norton, but now
it takes about 10 minutes to fully boot up. After it does boot the computer
runs fine. Just looking for some help.

Best option is to boot Norton right off of your computer.

To see what is causing the bootup delay try this:
http://greatis.com/utilities/bootlogxp/

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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[Jamie Benson]

I think I agree with everyone whom has posted so far. Get rid of
Norton. It can cause all kinds of unique problems with your system.
Always found that ironic that an antivirus program caused more
problems. You may want to consider downloading AVG Free Antivirus
program. Here is a link for ya!
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/us/crp/2

HTH,
Jami Benson