Today Shenan Stanley commented courteously on the subject at
hand
As for your direct question.. I was serious about backing
up your system first. I have seen what you are about to
attempt go horribly wrong more than once. lso keep this
link in mind - it can restore your system to a working
state should Norton destroy it in the way I have seen
before..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
I'm assuming simply setting a RP isn't enough? After years on
XP, now on SP2, I still don't fully understand what RPs do and
do not backup. Thanks.
Then your order seems fine.
Installing - Norton System Works then Internet Security.
I really think you should reconsider though - I think you
will be shocked how much faster your system seems without
those two things installed. heh
I have System Works 2006. It is indeed a resource hog, and I
have never succeeded in being able to configure the worm
blocker, despite several calls to folks in India (literally)
who know less about the product than I do. They wouldn't talk
to me until I'd ran some bullshit security check of my system
off their web site, which took 8 hours. Then, when I re-
reported the 3 error codes, they said "the install was
corrupt, uninstall, defrag your HD, and re-install. Not. I
just live without worm blocking.
The utilies package is OK, except that Speed Disk won't
complete. I do like NAV 2006 pretty well, it traps all the bad
stuff I think is coming my way (of course, if it misses one, I
wouldn't know about it).
When I uninstalled System Works 2003, I used JV16 Powertools
to find and delete the /thousands/ of orphan Registry entries.
Uninstall also left orphan files and folders, some hidden,
which were a bother to find and delete. And, as I always do, I
defragged my HD to be sure that no remnants were left
anyplace.
While "Windows security" is a classic oxymoron like "military
intelligence", I have read so much bad stuff about Norton
Internet Protection that I don't even look at the boxes in the
stores for fear it might attach itself to me biologically and
infect my system. So, like you, I wish the OP well, but he's
most likely headed for a nuke and re-install of XP.