Re: Norton problems with VPC 7 Mac

Navigate to the Symantec Support site and use the automated tool to diagnose
the installation. It should be able to help you correct the problem.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"Charles" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am running Windows 2000 with VPC 7 for Mac (10.4.3) on a PB G4 Ti 667.
> After many attempts I have been unable to install Norton Internet
> Security 2004 (which Norton says it doesn't support with VPC), so I am
> using NIS 2000 instead.
>
> LiveUpdate works fine but when I open Norton AntiVirus it says that a
> full system scan has not been completed. When I click on Full System
> Scan, I get the message, "Norton AntiVirus was unable to scan your
> computer for infections. The virus scan has failed because virus
> definitions could not be loaded. Start LiveUpdate to get the latest
> virus definitions and scan again."
>
> When I run LiveUpdate it seems to download and install the latest virus
> definitions and then says everything is up to date, but I still get the
> same message.
>
> Any ideas on how to solve this?
>
> I am only using QuickBooks with VPC (plus IE to access QuickBooks
> update, Windows Update and LiveUpdate). I don't use e-mail (it's not
> even set up). Do I really need virus protection, which I apparently
> don't have anyway?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Charles


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