Lord Of The Keys
Well I just reinstalled Windows XP on my machine and I was reinstalling all of my software (Photoshop, Limewire, etc). I got to Norton AntiVirus. I put the CD in but while it was installing there was an "installation error". I kept trying but the same error popped up and installation closed.
So I visit Symantec's website and go through all of the possible solutions and alas, nothing worked. Anybody have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?
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Have you tried completely uninstalling what is left of the installation (including all Registry entries) and re-installing again? Is your CD defective?
Other than that, maybe someone else may have some ideas.
VPS Migration Professional
Is it an error when it tries to install live update? I've had that one before...
-Corey
Lord Of The Keys
Ahh what a *****. I spent 4 hours trying to get it to install last night. Then Iwake up this morning, reinstall Windows Installer and it works.
Lord Of The Keys
the best part of all is that it worked in the end..
.::: Regards, n4tec :::.
Well you've got it working, I was going to suggest using a free antivirus such as AVG or my favourite Avast. But now that you have Norton working, good luck with it.
x10 Lieutenant
wow it must be some kind of magic to make it working again, even though no steps is being done
x10 Spammer
There must have been an error with WIndows that did'nt let it install...That is what happend to me and I did the same thing and It woked. To Dewaye why get somthing free when you can buy somthing that is better. I personly reccomend Norton becasue it is one of the best and it will be better in the 2006 version.
x10 Elder
Why is buying better ? Norton Antivirus always sucked and always will if they keep going this direction. AVG on the other hand really DELETES the files. Norton Anti Virus keeps finding viruses but can it delete the virus ? Hell no. Go say that in a warez board and you will be banned in the next 5 seconds.Originally Posted by MicrotechXP
http://secunia.com/product/4009/ - Symnatec Norton Antivirus 2005.
http://secunia.com/product/5162/ - Alwil Avast Antivirus.
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv....xml?avist.xml - Alwil Avast Antivirus.
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv...l?symantec.xml - Symnatec Norton Antivirus 2005.
Why do I use Avast?
Alwil Software is a company which theorizes that virus outbreaks can be better contained if 100% of computer users use efficient antivirus systems. Thus, they have released a free version of their great software that updates daily and runs quietly.
So why pay 60 dollars for a program that hijacks your machine with many running proccesses, hogs your resources and doesn't catch all that many trojans? You my friend are an idiot, just because they have the virus signatures doesn't mean their on-access scanner can detect it then. Avast's does, Avast has a web scanner, on-access, virus scan, mail scan, instant messenger and peer to peer application scanner. All running active at the same time and using .12% of the CPU. How much does Norton's use? How much does McAfee use?
I've used Norton's in the past, sure it was a decent antivirus, but you need more. I've used AVG, F-Secure, McAfee, Kaspersky and even ZoneAlarm with the antivirus. None of those stack up to the scanning ability, on-access ability nor the updates of Avast.
I proudly stand for open source products and devolpment. But you if you still think I'm this virus infected idiot, then you're the idiot.
Yes, Norton's has got better, and do you know why? No. Well I'll tell you. Symnatec is now moving open source, they have more people finding the bugs in their software. But they don't lower the price.
60 dollars for a crappy piece of computer hijacking software or a great antivirus with all the features. You be the judge.
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