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Summary: Great product...with one problem
Review: I've been using Norton products for many years without a problem. This version of Utilities further solified Norton's reputation in my eyes. I've had just one problem with the software (that I'm still working on). For an unknown reason, Norton Protection of my Recycle Bin has failed. It produces 1,500 files in the Recycle Bin, and causes CPU usage to stay at 95% or better, slowing the computer down to a crawl at best. Deleting the files temporarily fixes the problem, but the files are eventually re-created. I've had to disable that feature for now, but I would not let this dissuade you from installing this. It's been a godsend otherwise.
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Summary: Great product...with one problem
Review: I've been using Norton products for many years without a problem. This version of Utilities further solified Norton's reputation in my eyes. I've had just one problem with the software (that I'm still working on). For an unknown reason, Norton Protection of my Recycle Bin has failed. It produces 1,500 files in the Recycle Bin, and causes CPU usage to stay at 95% or better, slowing the computer down to a crawl at best. Deleting the files temporarily fixes the problem, but the files are eventually re-created. I've had to disable that feature for now, but I would not let this dissuade you from installing this. It's been a godsend otherwise.
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Summary: Windows 2000: CAREFUL
Review: Most of the utilities don't work for Windows 2000 AND Symantec does NOT mention that fact until u receive the product. I use the File Compare as a favorite with Windows 98/ME. It's not functional for Windows 2000 as are many of the standard tools.
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Summary: Worked Well for Me !
Review: My exprience with Norton Utilities on my PC running Windows Me was for the most part positive . The frist time I ran system check , it found over a dozen errors , that it then fixed ! I would have given it that one more star except for the couple of bugs I had to correct after being made aware of them by Symantec's support. Check for 0 byte OEM fileds crated by this application , there could be thousands of them. On my system there was and it took about a 1/2 hour to delete all of them . Also when using the Disk Health sensor in Norton Doctor , it prevents Windows from creating new restore points . Simply removing this sensor from Norton Doctor , resolves this problem.The Norton Protected Recycle Bin saved my [rear] a couple of times when I deleted something I should not have and already emptied my recycle bin.
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Summary: Great product
Review: My hard drive crashed with bad sectors. So I bought a new hard drive and Norton Utilities because someone at work recommended it. Also Windows 2000 magazine had a great review of SpeedDisk a month ago.The Nortons Utilities CD is bootable. If you were in a bind like me where you can't even install the OS this is a lifesaver. The bad is in the bootable version it doesn't see NTFS. The drive was bad so I formatted it FAT32 with a floppy bootdisk. Booted from the CD and ran DiskDoctor. Worked great. I was finally able to install the OS and my apps. Then I returned the still sealed hard drive and got my money back. SpeedDisk was OK. I was able to defrag my second hard drive that holds my data, but it locked while defragging the primary drive. I'm running Win2000 Service Pack 2 and it even warns you that it hasn't been tested with SP2 yet. Oh well. I'll just wait until the next update. Don't listen to the review that said Windows 2000 comes with all these utilitites and that you have to reboot to run disk doctor. Windows NT or 2000 will never scan a drive while your machine is running. You may not have any apps running, but there are a bunch of services running. I'm IT, I know. I run a few Exchange servers and deal with NT services every day. And Windows 2000 defrag doesn't defrag the paging file, Norton's does.
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Summary: Not recommended
Review: My mama always said, "if it aint broke, don't fix it." That was never more true than with this software. This software (and system works) fixes "problems" that aren't even there, and causes there to be major conflicts with other software. It's so bad, there was a MAJOR conflict with this program a Norton Anti-Virus 2000, that made the Anti-virus software just not respond, ever. Then the computer would always go to the "blue screen of death" each time I booted Windows ME. Once I uninstalled Utilities, there were no more problems. I spoke with some rechs at Dell, (the place where I purchased my computer), and they said Utilities does that alot, and that unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing, stay away
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Summary: Norton Utilities 2001
Review: Norton Utilities now in a white coloured I-Box. It is an attractive utility with an easy to use interface to keep windows in good fighting shape. The installation was smooth and very easy to configure. With regular PC checkups of Norton system check i rarely get system crashes or pc problems. Norton system check, Disk doctor, Speed disk and Rescue disk are alone are worth the price. Norton system check found and fixed or deleted many invalid registries, shortcuts and many bad referance files. Speed disk is 10 times faster that win defragmenter and it even optimized the swap file for fastest perfomance. Norton protected recycle bin and Norton unerase does not just recovers files deleted by the user, but even files modified or deleted without owr knowning, And Running Norton WipeInfo makes sure the deleted files stay deleted. A very much needed system utility for windows.
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Summary: Great Software
Review: Speed disk is a real life saver, it saved me a lot of time. Easy to check software problems. The computer now works fast and stable, very rare blue screens since i began using it, It is really beneficial to have it installed. A great product.
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Summary: For anyone with computer errors !
Review: This program cured all of my computer problems. I was getting errors all of the time, so I decided to try this product. It fixed 48 problems. I have not had one problem since installing it. I was so impressed that I also downloaded Internet security 2002. You can try a free 30 trial of this software if you go to Symantec.com. Today I ordered the CD Rom of both Internet Security 2002 and Utilities 2002. (TRY IT) You have nothing to lose and much to gain......
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Summary: This review is intended for Windows 2000 users only
Review: This review is intended for Windows 2000 users only. If you have 9x/Me OS, please skip this review. Norton Utilities 2001 is the first version designed to work with business version of Windows. I have recently switched to Windows 2000 and just happened to have a disk problem and therefore I decided to try this product. I have been a Symantec software user for years and have never had reasons to complain. Right now I have to praise the company for offering the trialware, downloadable from its website. It's really good to be able to test the program before you buy. NU 2001 does not offer as many utilities for Windows 2000 as it does for Windows 9x/Me. This is due to the fact that Windows 2000 is not connected to DOS anymore and its stability is enviable. In 9x/Me you needed Norton SpeedDisk, as the Windows included defragmenter couldn't match its efficiency. In Windows 2000 you have an integrated defragmenting tool designed only for NTFS, a WIn2000 native file system. It's fast and reliable and hence renders SpeedDisk useless. What I am most concerned about is the performance of Norton Utilities flagship program, Norton Disk Doctor. It has always been better than Microsoft Scandisk. Unfortunately, 2001 versions of Symantec products have been marketed too early. They are NOT optimized for Windows 2000, they are not even fully compatible. Please have it in mind before you spend money. Instead, download free 30-day trial versions from Symantec website. Now I want to argue why I have such an opinion. Disk Doctor refused to perform its hard-disk check claiming that the disk is in use. I didn't have any programs open at the time of scan. Disk Doctor did not allow me to use "fix errors" feature and stopped scanning after the message that my partitions cannot be scanned at all. I have 17GB hard disk with a single, healthy partition. I have a disk problem within free space, but I couldn't use Disk Doctor while logged into Windows. I have tried many options withing Disk Doctor, but could not make it work. The only solution it offered is a scan scheduled for reboot, before I log into Windows. Excuse me! Do they claim that this product is Windows 2000 compatible? It does not work! What is the purpose of using the software that cannot be run while logged into Windows! Remember that with WIn2000 you don't have a DOS session, so that the conclusion is that you can forget about Disk Doctor. In Windows 2000 you have a program called Checkdisk included. It is designed to work before you log into Windows, if you schedule it. This means that Norton Disk Doctor does not offer you any feature that you already don't have in Windows 2000. Let's see what else we have in Norton Utilities package. In Windows 2000, system files are heavily protected. This means that Norton Utilities does not have access to important parts of your system. Because (contrary to WIn9x) you can't mess with your system files, you don't need to repair it, either. In consequence, Norton WinDoctor is only partially useful. All in all, it's not worth buying this software. I have e great respect for Symantec, but this time it seems that time pressed them to launch the product that was not finished, and certainly they shouldn't claim that it is WIndows 2000 compatible. I have also tried Symantec's Norton Antivirus 2001 and in both NAV2001 and NU2001 you have a new version of Live Update included. Unfortunately, if you are an MS Outlook 2000 user, Live Update will overwrite your default email account with its ftp address. No matter how I tried, I couldn't correct this bug. It's nice to have an automatic update tool, but a neccessary condition for customer satisfaction is that it does not mess with your existing configuration. In summary, I wouldn't recommend Norton Utilities 2001 for Windows 2000 users. It seems better to wait for the next release and for now satisfy yourself with really good tools that you have included in your operating system.
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