Guest Tom Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Hello, When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but sometimes (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are Quicktime, Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, Windows defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but like I said they usually don't. Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? Cheers
Guest R. McCarty Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] When the console view opens, expand the System Log and check the right-pane for red icons that denote errors. Clicking each entry will bring up a details box that will contain a Error ID # and a brief description. It sounds like you've got service startup issues. Norton products are well known for injecting "Quirks" and performance issues on computers. There are other choices for Security software that do not exhibit these problems. "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A9CB8495-0D4C-4FA6-B858-77AEDAA9920D@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but sometimes > (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are > Quicktime, > Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, > Windows > defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but like I > said they usually don't. > > Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? > > > Cheers
Guest Tom Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... What can I do if I do have these issues. And how come none of the other 6 computers in out house with Norton have had this issue? Cheers Tom "R. McCarty" wrote: > Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] > When the console view opens, expand the System Log and > check the right-pane for red icons that denote errors. Clicking > each entry will bring up a details box that will contain a Error > ID # and a brief description. It sounds like you've got service > startup issues. > > Norton products are well known for injecting "Quirks" and > performance issues on computers. There are other choices > for Security software that do not exhibit these problems. > > "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A9CB8495-0D4C-4FA6-B858-77AEDAA9920D@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > > > When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but sometimes > > (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are > > Quicktime, > > Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, > > Windows > > defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but like I > > said they usually don't. > > > > Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? > > > > > > Cheers > > >
Guest R. McCarty Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... First, you'd have to determine what ( if any ) System Event entries are present and which services are failing/stalling. Resolving them may involve Live Updates or finding if System Service start modes are set incorrectly. Every PC has different hardware/software combinations that may or may not work well with Norton products. Six PCs in a single household - that's a lot of computers to take care of. Norton isn't always 100% problematic. What it is globally - is a "Ball-&-Chain" on performance. Most Norton users become blinded to how much of a drain on a PC the products inflict. I've worked on literally hundreds of PCs with Norton problems. Enough empirical data to convince me the programs themselves are not a good choice. Just yesterday I had to rework a PC with the new Norton 360. Luckily, the customer was within the period of time he could return the product for a refund. We got his machine setup with a "Free" solution that works fine and saved him $150. "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D332705E-8A2F-41A9-8B4F-339B692965F0@microsoft.com... > What can I do if I do have these issues. And how come none of the other 6 > computers in out house with Norton have had this issue? > > Cheers > > > Tom > > "R. McCarty" wrote: > >> Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] >> When the console view opens, expand the System Log and >> check the right-pane for red icons that denote errors. Clicking >> each entry will bring up a details box that will contain a Error >> ID # and a brief description. It sounds like you've got service >> startup issues. >> >> Norton products are well known for injecting "Quirks" and >> performance issues on computers. There are other choices >> for Security software that do not exhibit these problems. >> >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A9CB8495-0D4C-4FA6-B858-77AEDAA9920D@microsoft.com... >> > Hello, >> > >> > When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but >> > sometimes >> > (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are >> > Quicktime, >> > Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, >> > Windows >> > defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but >> > like I >> > said they usually don't. >> > >> > Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> >> >>
Guest witan Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... Tom wrote: > Hello, > > When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but sometimes > (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are Quicktime, > Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, Windows > defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but like I > said they usually don't. > > Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? > > > Cheers Are you sure the programs themselves do not load, or is it just the systray icons? I have seen the latter happen once in a while on my computer, running Win-XP Pro, SP2, up-to-date.Three icons that sometimes fail are: Sound Volume, HP Deskjet Printer, and Copetnic Desktop Search 2. There is only one user account on my computer, and I usually put in Hibernate rather than Turn Off. It saves a lot of time loading Windows.
Guest Peter Foldes Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... One of the troubles out of many with Norton is that it does not show it's face right away. For me Norton is a Virus by itself. Remove Norton .. It is the best thing that you can do for your system. It creates problems like you have at present. I have been removing Norton for my clients and many times just by removing it their issues get rectified. To remove Norton you will need their removal tool which is available at the Symantec site. Norton is extremely hard to remove from any system. It is what I call bloatware. http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D332705E-8A2F-41A9-8B4F-339B692965F0@microsoft.com... > What can I do if I do have these issues. And how come none of the other 6 > computers in out house with Norton have had this issue? > > Cheers > > > Tom > > "R. McCarty" wrote: > >> Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter] >> When the console view opens, expand the System Log and >> check the right-pane for red icons that denote errors. Clicking >> each entry will bring up a details box that will contain a Error >> ID # and a brief description. It sounds like you've got service >> startup issues. >> >> Norton products are well known for injecting "Quirks" and >> performance issues on computers. There are other choices >> for Security software that do not exhibit these problems. >> >> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A9CB8495-0D4C-4FA6-B858-77AEDAA9920D@microsoft.com... >> > Hello, >> > >> > When I statup up sometimes everything starts and loads fine but sometimes >> > (6/10 times) not everythign loads. The only things which load are >> > Quicktime, >> > Norton and the LAN symbol and in addition to that Yahoo! messenger, >> > Windows >> > defender and the little symbol for my graphics card hsould load but like I >> > said they usually don't. >> > >> > Does anyone else think there is something fishy here? >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> >> >>
Guest HeyBub Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Windows - Think something is wrong here.... Peter Foldes wrote: > > To remove Norton you will need their removal tool which is available > at the Symantec site. > Norton is extremely hard to remove from any system. It is what I call > bloatware. > > http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm > You also have to scour the registry of stuff even the sooper-dooper removal tool won't get. Even then, you can't be sure. Purging a system of Norton is worse than removing a tattoo.
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