Re: XP and Norton Internet Security
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 08/07/04
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Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 18:54:38 -0600
In article <1b3501c47c13$7bd5ab80$a601280a@phx.gbl>, "Mary"
<Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I am confused. I have Windows XP and have just purchased
>the Norton Internet Security 2004 Upgrade. I now see
>that I already do have Microsoft Windows XP Internet
>Connection Firewall and Automatic Updates and just need
>to install antivirus software. At Symantec's support site
>(http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/docid/200005
>3008391436) I read a warning to Windows NT, 2000 and XP
>servers that no version of Norton Internet is supported
>on these systems.
Norton Internet Security is fully compatible with your computer.
That web page says that Norton is incompatible with the server
versions of Windows NT, 2000, and XP. Those versions are called
"Windows NT Server, "Windows 2000 Server", and "Windows Server 2003",
and home computers don't have them.
Home computers have Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP
Professional, which are client versions, not server versions. Norton
is fully compatible with them.
>--Meanwhile my Norton Internet Security warns me that I
>must activate it within 14 days or I will lose the
>ability to do so. Can I only activate the Norton
>Antivirus portion of the program --this is what it sounds
>like I am being cautioned to do. However, even when I
>open Norton Antivirus I see that it activates Autoprotect
>when Windows starts up. Is this whole system incompatible
>with XP? Are parts of it incompatible? Can somebody help
>me understand? Thanks. Mary
Activate Autoprotect! It's necessary for real-time protection against
viruses.
You only need one firewall. I'd install and activate Norton's
Firewall, then disable XP's Internet Connection Firewall.
Activate the product within 14 days.
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