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Posted by: steva

I installed norton internet security and since then it takes my PC 5-7 minutes to boot. I know it's fully up when I get an NT on-site access error. I'm pretty sure this error is coming from MacAfee that came with my dell. I disable the auto-start for it, ut it still takes a long time and i still get the error when it used to take like 30 seconds to boot.

anyone know what's up with this?

Posted by: Hawaiian Boy

Is Mcafee your antivirus program?

Posted by: steva

yeah. but i use norton. mcafee is still installed though.

Posted by: Hawaiian Boy

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Originally Posted by steva

yeah. but i use norton. mcafee is still installed though.

remove mcafee. Its bad to have two antivirus programs on one computer.

Posted by: Tstright

Remove then both and give AVG a try....

Posted by: roygbv

Norton Internet Security is the reason your computer is slow. Its a horrible program.

I suggest (like others have) to remove both McAfee and Norton and try one of these:

- AVG
- NOD32
- Kaspersky

I personally like Kaspersky the best, it has a very clean interface and doesn't use many resources. However, I can care less what happens to my PC since I mainly use my Mac.

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

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Originally Posted by roygbv

Norton Internet Security is the reason your computer is slow. Its a horrible program.

I suggest (like others have) to remove both McAfee and Norton and try one of these:

- AVG
- NOD32
- Kaspersky

I personally like Kaspersky the best, it has a very clean interface and doesn't use many resources. However, I can care less what happens to my PC since I mainly use my Mac.

really? i have norton 2005 installed.. and i have no problems booting up. mine still pretty fast takes less than a min to boot up..

steva i would suggest u remove mcaffee... my friend has the same situation as u.. he had a del laptop with mc caffee installed.. and it expired and he installed norton.. and it was slow as heck.. told him to uninstall mc caffee.. and now he has no problems at all..

Posted by: steva

thanks guys...i'll give it try.

Posted by: paul34

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Originally Posted by Tstright

Remove then both and give AVG a try....

yes, this will fix all of your problems. It is free (legit) as well

Posted by: Tstright

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Originally Posted by paul34

yes, this will fix all of your problems. It is free (legit) as well

Some of us do opt to pay

Posted by: steva

well, I did pay for it so i might as well use it. it's pretty good, no problems whatsoever. when i was running ad-aware, xoftspy and zone alarm it got so bad i had to reinstall windows twice. at that point, i just decided to buy norton. everything besides the boot has been great now.

Posted by: nonexistent

Just a word of advise.... If you do decide to uninistall Norton Internet Security (which i reccomend) then it will probably be worth your time to download the symantec NRT (Norton removal tool). The uninstaller never removes all the registry values correctly, but this tool does a pretty good job of cleaning up the disaster that NIS leaves behind.

-Jeremy

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

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Originally Posted by steva

well, I did pay for it so i might as well use it. it's pretty good, no problems whatsoever. when i was running ad-aware, xoftspy and zone alarm it got so bad i had to reinstall windows twice. at that point, i just decided to buy norton. everything besides the boot has been great now.

so i guess the boot i still slow after removing mccafee?

Posted by: MooreC1

Trend-Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2006 = better than norton.

Corey

Posted by: steva

just wanted to let you guys know...i uninstalled mcafee and everything is running smooth. much nicer. thanks for the help.

Posted by: badass bunny

haha i made the same mistake of having both mcafee and norton on at once a few years ago. glad i'm not the only goofball :P

Posted by: WoNGsTeR

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Originally Posted by steva

just wanted to let you guys know...i uninstalled mcafee and everything is running smooth. much nicer. thanks for the help.

lol... i knew that was the problem.. no problem.. ...

Posted by: wirelessdude04

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Originally Posted by Tstright

Remove then both and give AVG a try....

yes i love this program plus its a freeware. Works as good as norton and is def holding up as of now and its installed on 3 of my laptops

Posted by: jamescardenas07

i boot fast.. 20seconds .. cold start to in the morning.. if i turn off and resart later in the day it takes me 15seconds to boot...

i have
NOD32
Zonealarm Firewall
Spysweeper

i used to have norton but that crap is very laggy.. never will install it again!

Posted by: Tstright

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Originally Posted by wirelessdude04

yes i love this program plus its a freeware. Works as good as norton and is def holding up as of now and its installed on 3 of my laptops

I used the avg "free" version for about six months, Now I have the 5 system 2 yr licence. I believe in supporting good software.