System Restore conflicts with Norton System Works 2006

[Guest]

Since installing Norton System Works 2006, System Restore is unable to locate
previous restore points. Any clues on how to address this? Thanks

 

[Factor 13]

Since installing Norton System Works 2006, System Restore is unable to
locate
previous restore points. Any clues on how to address this? Thanks

I don't use Norton System Works 2005, I wouldn't use anything from
Norton/Symantec, so I can only speculate on your situation. Since one of the
components of Norton System Works is to provide a "Go Back" restore option,
it's possible that it has disabled XP System Restore. Presumably you can't
have two system restore systems working at the same time. Presumably System
Works doesn't offer the option of going back to an XP restore point, in
which case the program should warn you of this. Perhaps Symantec customer
support can help you. I don't know whether your old XP system restore points
would still be there if you uninstalled System Works. If the old XP system
restore points have been destroyed by Norton then only a full system restore
from the last good backup (you do full backups, don't you?) will get you
back to the pre-Norton System Works state. Good luck.

 

[Plato]

Since installing Norton System Works 2006, System Restore is unable to locate
previous restore points. Any clues on how to address this? Thanks

The very first step is to remove Nortons ASAP.

 

[Rock]

Since installing Norton System Works 2006, System Restore is unable to
locate
previous restore points. Any clues on how to address this? Thanks

You might want to think about removing Norton System Works and using some of
the free or low cost alternatives that are available..

 

[MAP]

Since installing Norton System Works 2006, System Restore is unable
to locate previous restore points. Any clues on how to address this?
Thanks

I agree with the others reguarding Symantec products but you might give this
a try.
Shut off system retore and reboot your computer, next turn sr back on and
reboot again, this will delete all prior restore points and the second
reboot will create a restore point so you know that the auto check point
funtion is working, then give sr a try and see if it is working again.

Note: system restore checkpoints rely on the one before it for it to work,
if one of these checkpoints get corrupted in some way sr is kaput! and the
only way to fix it is how I described above.
Good luck.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Yes, this is a known problem with NSW.
"Restoration Incomplete..." when running System Restore with Norton 2006
applications installed:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantec_doc_1.html

The best advise is to dump NSW.
You will find good alternatives on the following page.
Virus and Spyware removal and prevention steps:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/spyware.html

 

[windsurferLA]

You can uninstall Norton Go Back without uninstalling the other Norton
System Works applications using the following procedure. On
Control-Panel / Add-Remove-Programs proceed to initiate removal of
Norton System Works. Prior to initiating entire removal of System
Works, you’ll be given the option just to remove Norton Go Back. My
observations indicate that Norton Go Back is a resource hog that cannot
be tolerated by all but the latest and fastest computers.