Norton Systemworks 2008 Std

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Product Description

MODEL- SYMCD61514WI VENDOR- SYMANTEC OEM

FEATURES- Norton SystemWorks Standard Edition 2008
Norton SystemWorks Standard Edition offers comprehensive PC utility
tools for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining your computer.
Plus, it protects your computer from dangerous spyware and viruses.
Works with Windows XP SP2 Home/Professional, Windows Vista Home
Starter/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate. Norton SystemWorks Standard Edition protects against spyware and
viruses and solves PC problems.
When your computer slows down, it can be frustrating to determine
the cause. Are the problems related to Windows settings, or is your
system infested with spyware and viruses? In either case, Norton
SystemWorks provides a solution.
Even before it's installed, Norton SystemWorks can scan your system
with the included Norton AntiVirus software to detect and remove
spyware, viruses, and other security risks, to help assure a clean
installation and a fresh start. Norton AntiVirus protects your
computer against viruses and other Internet threats. It scans and
cleans email and instant messaging attachments before they can
plant malicious software on your system - and before it can spread
viruses and worms to other computers. "Set-and-forget"
functionality delivers optimum antivirus protection right of the
box. Norton AntiVirus works quietly in the background, so you can
continue using your computer without disruption.
In addition to fighting spyware and viruses, Norton SystemWorks
helps you keep your computer healthy and running at peak
performance. It diagnoses and fixes hard drive errors, and removes
unwanted Internet clutter such as cookies and web files. To make it
easy, One-Button Checkup lets you make sure your PC is clean,
repaired, and running at top speed with the click of a button. To
improve your computer experience, System Optimizer allows you to
change Windows settings from a single screen. Process Viewer shows
you applications running at startup that can affect the way your
computer performs.
Symantec provides free, unlimited 24x7 email and chat support.
Support by phone is also available 24x7.
Links to email and live chat support as well as the #800 for phone
support will be accessible via the product UI.
The customer service number is 1-800-441-7234; the link to our email
and Priority ID phone form is:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/home_homeoffice/contact_cs.html

REQUIREMENTS-
Windows XP SP2 Home / Professional
300MHz processor or higher
256MB RAM
300MB free hard disk space
Windows Vista Home Starter / Home Premium / Business / Ultimate
Must meet the minimum system requirement of Windows Vista.
Required for all installers
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
Super VGA (800x600) resolution or higher video adapter and
monitor.

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-05-21 the worst ever I did read several of the reviews about this Norton product, BUT I have used Norton since the beginning with no problems. WELL... I am computer literate. I struggled with this ridiculous piece of junk for an hour. I had to go the the web site to get the total uninstall program and then go step by step, reboot by reboot. and then it still does not work right. Can you imagine such a piece of junk bearing your name on it and you call yourself a professional product? PLEASE do NOT BUY this edition. EVER. wait and maybe Norton will get back to releasing quality software that performs. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Bill

Reviewed on 2008-04-14 Worse than Bad, Actually There are so many things wrong with Norton System Works that it's very difficult to know where to begin. But here are three: 1) ACTIVATION: The most annoying. Companies resort to this because otherwise people would be handing disks out to all their friends and family. Norton's is particularly aggravating and chances are you'll end up talking to someone at Symantec. If you get the product, install it and don't think about upgrading your computer. 2) INSTABILITY: Decide you don't like it? Removing it requires a number of reboots and manual deletion of files and folders. You'll also have to go into the registry and remove the sloppy leftovers. Yuck. 3) RESOURCES: Taxes your system's resources. Instead of buying a suite, get a defragger, get a registry cleaner, and get them without the pesky activation. These things are designed by committee. My System Works didn't even recognize my Symantec anti-virus, and it's made by the same company. Imagine that! If you MUST have a suite, System Mechanic is probably the best.

Reviewed on 2008-04-03 Great product - Can be a hassle to install 2nd version I have used of this product. I like it and it works well. Can be a pain to install. I had to call customer service and they took control of my computer. Took them over an hour to install. Very efficient and friendly customer service.

Reviewed on 2008-03-19 Symantec a loser in my book For anyone considering buying the Symantec Norton SystemWorks product, I would advise them to consider these failures of the product and support. In Feb. 2008, I contacted Symantec by chat because my Norton SystemWorks subscription had expired and a "subscription expired" alert was displaying every 30 seconds. When I chose Renew inside the product, as documented, the Live Update dialog was displayed instead of the Renewal Center panel. I waited for the chat through the 67 customers who were ahead of me. In the chat session, the technician could not make renewal work inside the product and eventually sent me a link to the Symantec site to renew, which I did. The product continued to display the subscription expired alert. The technician suggested a couple of options to stop the alert, which did not work. One of the options would have terminated the chat, which I told him when a message was displayed that indicated this. The technician was still in the process of trying to stop the alert messages when the chat connection was lost and the chat terminated. I was left with subscription alerts popping up every 30 seconds after I had resubscribed, and after rebooting. When I resubscribed, I noticed that the "Subscription Service" date inside the product on the antivirus status screen was 5/9/2008 instead of one year later, 2/13/2009. From reading tech tips on the site, I determined that when I renewed, the system date was 5/9/2008. I corrected the system date, and the alert messages stopped. But I still had this problem: How do I reset the Subscription Service date inside SystemWorks to the correct date (2/13/2009) so that it does not expire in May and I have to try to contact tech support again? After the chat which was disconnected, I submitted the question to tech support by e-mail. After several days had passed with no response, I confirmed that no Symantec mail had been blocked as spam, then resubmitted the question twice. Although e-mail response is committed to 96 hours, I have received no response 36 days after the original incident date. I feel that this combination of failures of product, technical support by chat, and technical support by e-mail is noteworthy, even today when technical support routinely ranges from poor to abusive.

Reviewed on 2008-03-11 Hours of Aggrevation! I followed all the rules, removed my prior versions, etc. The install was utter aggrevation... hours spent wasted to no avail and multiple reboots all to no avail. A technician finally "took over" my machine and installed it. Next day it needed activation again and the activation failed with a generic error message. Another call and another technician. It is finally working (I think). When these virus definitions expire, I will switch to something else. I will never buy Norton again.

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