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Review title: The Tragic Degradation of a Once Great Product
Product review: There was a time when Norton Systemworks was arguably regarded as the best utility suite for non-geek computer users -- it did all it purported to do with unequaled user friendliness and reliability. For reasons not clear to me, the product began having problems in the 2002 version, and by this, the 2003 version, it became only marginally reliable. When it installs correctly, it works like a dream. But out of a dozen or so Win2000 and WinXP computers I've built in the past year, it has only installed on 5 of them. Add/Remove doesnt get rid of it after a failed install -- but Symantec graciously offers a webpage of 100 or so registry edits to get around that-- read it if you're considering the purchase as your likely future some Sunday afternoon. For the scores of hours I've spent repairing the damage done by Symantec to my systems, it will be years before I ever trust anything branded by them again. ...
