• Windows 2000
• Windows XP

Slows down your computer like crazy. For AV, use NOD32 instead

I've not much opinion about most of NSW, but I do have to say that I've used both NSW 2003 and 2005, with each clobbering my system nearly outright.^M

unhappy with works

If this was only about performance i would have to give a 5 star rating. But this is not about performance. I bought my norton sys.works a little over a year ago. recently i bought a new computer when i went to install sys.works on it it said it had been installed on too many computers. Told me to send in my copy of norton along w/serial# and the receipt from where i purchased it. now its been over a year, now if some of you guys out there deep receipts like this over a year, then maybe its just me, buts but the amount it cost me for the software i expect it to be mine. But now because i don't have a receipt they are taking it back

Norton Nightmare on Symantec Street

My 2002 Norton Systemworks service, a reliable, seamless product was due to expire at the end of March 2006. Naturally, I tried to renew the subscription but was directed by Symantec web site to continue service by the only available option, the wonderous 2006 Internet Security/Systemworks package. My 2002 version would no longer support a simple yearly extension as it did three consecutive years prior. Without hesitation, I paged into the Symantec web site and purchased the new version online. After a successful download, I proceeded to install the product, only to have it cough up an error message halfway through the process. Strangely enough, the progress bar on the install began to go backwards and then submit a pop-up message directing me to click a link and follow the instructions within. Unfortunately, all my files on my system turned into dead links with a .lnk extension and would not open, including the message itself. I could not even open up the control panel, and the process of booting into safe mode and other failsafe methods proved futile. I did open up my administration error logs and found that this accursed product from hell tampered with my registry, particularly the class root portion that controls the file extension, and that the explorer.exe shell related to this situation was also disabled.^M