Nortons Ghost

[Rainy]

I have a copy of Norton's System works 2002. and on it there is Ghost.. I
just tried to install it.. and I get this prompt.."the system administrator
has set policies to prevent this installation" any help appreciated..
thanks rainy

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Rainy

You have been saved by an error message.. resist all temptation to install
anything Norton on your system..

 

[Uncle Joe]

Unfortunately, your advice comes too
late for me. Have been running Symantec
Internet Security 2005 for several months.
It seems to perform okay except for:

1. It doesn't detect any spyware, keyloggers, etc.
It has never detected a single problem
while Spyware Doctor regularly finds
one or two instances of spyware.
2. Its ccapp.exe module often consumes
90-98% of my CPU resources. I run
Live Update at least weekly so I'm quite
sure I have the latest ccapp.exe release.

Don't know what to do about ccapp.exe.
Can't disable it w/o disabling the entire
suite of software. I hate ccapp.exe!!

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

The past few years Norton has been...welll...crapola-wear. But they have
always been resource pigs. Live Update usually fails and worse they're
support really sucks even if you pay for updates. I finally gave up on their
stuff...and good luck removing that junk from your machine.

JMO.



| Unfortunately, your advice comes too
| late for me. Have been running Symantec
| Internet Security 2005 for several months.
| It seems to perform okay except for:
|
| 1. It doesn't detect any spyware, keyloggers, etc.
| It has never detected a single problem
| while Spyware Doctor regularly finds
| one or two instances of spyware.
| 2. Its ccapp.exe module often consumes
| 90-98% of my CPU resources. I run
| Live Update at least weekly so I'm quite
| sure I have the latest ccapp.exe release.
|
| Don't know what to do about ccapp.exe.
| Can't disable it w/o disabling the entire
| suite of software. I hate ccapp.exe!!
|
|
| | > Rainy
| >
| > You have been saved by an error message.. resist all temptation to
| > install anything Norton on your system..
| >
| >
| > --
| > Mike Hall
| > MVP - Windows Shell/User
| >
| >
| > | >>I have a copy of Norton's System works 2002. and on it there is
| >>Ghost.. I just tried to install it.. and I get this prompt.."the
| >>system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation"
| >>any help appreciated.. thanks rainy
| >>
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Harry Ohrn]

While I agree that 99% of Norton products are crapware Ghost 2003 is very
good.

 

[Rainy]

I agree.. but when you are strapped for money.. and you would like to backup
... sometimes you are forced to use products that are not that good..
thanks for the response.. Rainy

 

[Rainy]

thanks for the advice... I am trying a trial backup.. called Handy Backup..
but would be interested to know if there are free backups out there...
thanks for the response.. Rainy

 

[Leythos]

I agree.. but when you are strapped for money.. and you would like to backup
.. sometimes you are forced to use products that are not that good..

Only when the value of the data you are backing up is less than the cost
of the ability to restore it.

 

[Bob Harris]

On the surface it is saying that you are logged-in as a normal user, without
sufficient administrative rights to install software.

If this is a home PC, then login as the PC's administrator and re-try the
installation.

If this is a corporate PC, then contact your IT group.

As for the usefulness of GHOST, I have had very good luck with it since the
days of windows 98. I own a license for GHOST 2003, but actually prefer
version 2002, the same one you have with System Works 2002.

However, be aware that GHOST 2002 has some limitations. It makes complete
images of partitions or disks. It does not make incremental backups. It
must be run from a DOS floppy, which it makes for you. But, it provided a
free version of DOS, not MS DOS. If you want/need MSDOS, you must provide
it. Of course, if you are running 98, ME, or even XP you actually have MS
DOS available. (In XP it is obtained by making a bootable floppy, which is
really ME, not XP.)

Because GHOST 2002 is DOS-based, it does not recognize USB or firewire.
GHOST 2003 tried to fix that, but in my opinion failed to do so reliably.
Also, GHOST 2002 can only save to disks that support FAT32 (or FAT16). It
can not save to NTFS parttions, although it can backup an NTFS partition to
a FAT32 partition. GHOST 2002 can write to CD-Rs, and has some networking
abilities.

Note that GHOST 9 (and the recently released GHOST 10) are based on the
DriveImage program, formerly by PowerQuest, which was bought by Symantec.
This program can do more than GHOST 2003 and earlier.

An alternative to GHOST is Acronis True Image, which can write to USB and
firewire and NTFS. It is simpler to use than GHOST, although it has les
ell&whistles for those you like such things. Its main weakness is that its
recovery CD uses LINUX and if you have a very new motherboard the required
drivers for your disk controller may not yet be available in LINUX flavor.
However, Acronis support is pretty good about adding drivers every month or
so. This is primarily an issue with RAID, SCSI, or SATA disk controllers.
Plain old IDE disk controllers do not appear to be an issue.

For a long list of backup programs (some free), go to
http://www.majorgeeks.com and click the "back up" link on the left side of
the page.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Im strapped too, but I'd rather copy to a CD manually than use anything
Norton makes these days.


|I agree.. but when you are strapped for money.. and you would like to
backup
| .. sometimes you are forced to use products that are not that good..
| thanks for the response.. Rainy
| | > The past few years Norton has been...welll...crapola-wear. But they have
| > always been resource pigs. Live Update usually fails and worse they're
| > support really sucks even if you pay for updates. I finally gave up on
| > their
| > stuff...and good luck removing that junk from your machine.
| >
| > JMO.
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Unfortunately, your advice comes too
| > | late for me. Have been running Symantec
| > | Internet Security 2005 for several months.
| > | It seems to perform okay except for:
| > |
| > | 1. It doesn't detect any spyware, keyloggers, etc.
| > | It has never detected a single problem
| > | while Spyware Doctor regularly finds
| > | one or two instances of spyware.
| > | 2. Its ccapp.exe module often consumes
| > | 90-98% of my CPU resources. I run
| > | Live Update at least weekly so I'm quite
| > | sure I have the latest ccapp.exe release.
| > |
| > | Don't know what to do about ccapp.exe.
| > | Can't disable it w/o disabling the entire
| > | suite of software. I hate ccapp.exe!!
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | > Rainy
| > | >
| > | > You have been saved by an error message.. resist all temptation to
| > | > install anything Norton on your system..
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Mike Hall
| > | > MVP - Windows Shell/User
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | >>I have a copy of Norton's System works 2002. and on it there is
| > | >>Ghost.. I just tried to install it.. and I get this prompt.."the
| > | >>system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation"
| > | >>any help appreciated.. thanks rainy
| > | >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I've never had a use for Ghost...but thanks for the info!

Rob


| While I agree that 99% of Norton products are crapware Ghost 2003 is very
| good.
| --
|
| Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
| www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
|
|
| | > Rainy
| >
| > You have been saved by an error message.. resist all temptation to
install
| > anything Norton on your system..
| >
| >
| > --
| > Mike Hall
| > MVP - Windows Shell/User
| >
| >
| > | >>I have a copy of Norton's System works 2002. and on it there is Ghost..
I
| >>just tried to install it.. and I get this prompt.."the system
| >>administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" any help
| >>appreciated.. thanks rainy
| >>
| >
| >
|
|