Re: antivirus

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Miss Perspicacia Tick (misstick_at_lancre.dw)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:47:47 +0100

Jarod wrote:
> I suggest you re-install the program. An upgrade from
> WinXP Pro to Home isn't supposed to be possible. Though
> I've never actually tested it, I assume that when you
> install Windows XP Home over Pro, the settings of most
> programs in the registry aren't taken over from Windows
> XP Pro to XP Home. A re-install from Norton Antivirus
> should fix this.
>
> The question, how the Norton Antivirus folder still
> exists in your Program Files folder, has the following
> answer:
> During the installation of Windows XP Home, you haven't
> used the ability to clean your harddisk.
>
> Hope all is clear now.
> Have a nice day.

About as clear as Bush's conscience.

Did you not read what Will stated?!

1) Pro to Home is *NOT* an upgrade - it's a downgrade, ergo it's *NOT*
possible to install the latter over the former, just as you can't install 98
over Home, for example.

2) Deleting and recreating a partition is the same as formatting, so
there should be nothing left on the drive. She will need to reinstall
everything as a format would have had to have been performed.

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