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Hayashi · 04-19-2002, 12:02 PM

Any assistance deeply appreciated. I've this weird problem concerning Norton Systemworks 2000 and my PC at home.

My system specs:
P3 500 MHz
Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra
256 MB RAM
Win 98 SE
DX 8.1

Norton Systemworks 2000 is installed, together with Norton Internet Security which, when I installed, upgraded my Norton Anti-Virus to the 2001 edition.

Here's the problem: All of a sudden, Norton would not load anymore. Starting any of the Norton utilities (diagnostics, disk doctor, etc), the program would run for a while, then close itself without completing the task.

So I uninstalled all the Norton programs and tried to reinstall. No dice. The Norton installer would just quit halfway. Same goes with the NIS which comes with the NAV 2001 edition.

Of all these programs, the anti-virus is the most critical. Right now I am posting without any anti-virus protection. I dare not open my mailbox right now as over the days I received a few infected emails which my NAV caught.

Any ideas what happened? Could I have (unknowingly) been infected. Unfortunately I made my rescue disks on a USB zip drive, and that can't be used to boot the PC. I booted using the Norton CD and ran the diagnostics, but quit during the scandisk portion as it was going to take literally hours.

All other programs *appear* to be running fine.

04-19-2002, 12:02 PM	#1
Hayashi Silver Dragon Join Date: March 25, 2001 Location: The Lion City Age: 64 Posts: 1,699	Any assistance deeply appreciated. I've this weird problem concerning Norton Systemworks 2000 and my PC at home. My system specs: P3 500 MHz Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra 256 MB RAM Win 98 SE DX 8.1 Norton Systemworks 2000 is installed, together with Norton Internet Security which, when I installed, upgraded my Norton Anti-Virus to the 2001 edition. Here's the problem: All of a sudden, Norton would not load anymore. Starting any of the Norton utilities (diagnostics, disk doctor, etc), the program would run for a while, then close itself without completing the task. So I uninstalled all the Norton programs and tried to reinstall. No dice. The Norton installer would just quit halfway. Same goes with the NIS which comes with the NAV 2001 edition. Of all these programs, the anti-virus is the most critical. Right now I am posting without any anti-virus protection. I dare not open my mailbox right now as over the days I received a few infected emails which my NAV caught. Any ideas what happened? Could I have (unknowingly) been infected. Unfortunately I made my rescue disks on a USB zip drive, and that can't be used to boot the PC. I booted using the Norton CD and ran the diagnostics, but quit during the scandisk portion as it was going to take literally hours. All other programs appear to be running fine. __________________ I visit IW occasionally...