I've been using Norton Utilities since the DOS days, and I started using Norton AV when it was first introduced.

There's no longer a need for Norton Utilities anymore, since most of these are in Mac and Windows as part of the OS and everything else is available as freeware.

Norton AV worked fine for years, but a couple of years ago, on 3 computers (I had a 3 computer license) it started acting up. I forget what it was doing. Anyway the solution was uninstall and reinstall.

So I made a disk image with Ghost (something I do before adding or deleting any program), uninstalled and reinstalled on three computers. Then connected for a looooooooooong virus definition update.

A couple of months later, the same problem. Then a third time. That's when I dumped it for a competitor.

I still use Ghost, and it has saved my a** many times. Besides for weekly incremental back ups, and monthly disk images (on different external drives), I always do another disk image before adding or removing any software. I've installed some buggy software, and having the ability to restore my drive to the pre-new-software state takes the apprehension out of putting something new on the computer.

Recently I bought a guitar multi-effects pedal and it came with Cubase LE. I haven't tried Cubase in years so I installed it. The installation never got past the "virtual USB key" copy protection. It wouldn't finish installing the program, and every time I turned the computer on, it would stall for about 4 minutes and then ask to finish the installation before completing the computer boot. Needless to say I tried, it wouldn't complete, and the computer wouldn't boot.

Norton Ghost to the rescue!!! Restored my drive from the disk image I made before Cubase, and the problem was solved. Of course I never got Cubase on, but I no longer have the problem it caused either.

Anybody want a copy of Cubase LE????

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