Re: I am downloading a virus protection software off the internet

I had the initial loading error when I tried to install it on Windows XP PRO
64.
I spent an hr, looking everywhere for a compatible patch to no avail. I
also cant load the software for my scanjet for similar reasons. An
incompatibility with the operating sys. I was wondering if there was a quick
fix for the 32 bit stuff that needed to be installed.

"Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "Dave Neve" <NoAddressForSpammers@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OL5sJDm7FHA.1184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello
> >
> > Your remark caught my eye.
> >
> > The whole problem with Millenium is that hardly anyone writes programs
> > compatible with it cos hardly anyone has been able to keep it running for
> > this long.
>
> Exactly... aside from being six years old... it's a common recognized P.O.S.
> Not since Microsoft Bob, have even Microsoft employees been so disdainful of a
> Microsoft product.
>
>
> > It was a disgusting O/S that never worked satisfactorily and Microsoft
> > should have given Millenium buyers XP Home Edition free of charge AND with
> > their apologies.
>
> I can't argue with that suggestion. :-)
>
> > Millenium in latin may well mean 'a thousand crashes a year' in the minds of
> > Microsoft bods.
> >
> > I lost hundreds of hours repairing and reinstalling it and finally when I
> > had a hardware failure, the shop refused me my garantee saying that I had
> > changed the configuration.
> >
> > So please don't be too hard on Millenium users (who have already paid for a
> > duff product) if they don't want to splash out again.
>
> I wasn't at all directing my eye at Millenium users, merely at the misdirected
> complaint. In the instant case, the incompatibility of NIS2006 with WindowsME
> (notwithstanding the general P.O.S. status of WindowsME), is mostly a function
> of the fact that WindowME is six years old, beyond its support lifecycle, and
> Symantec knows there's no market (assuming the product can actually be written
> to run stable) for NIS of any time on WindowsME. The poster's complaint
> towards Microsoft that his product has not bene updated is inaccurate.
>
>
> > Regards
> >
> > Dave Neve
>
> > "Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <onsitechsolutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le
> > message de news: uEyeGol7FHA.3880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>I think you've got the cart before the horse here, and Symantec, if you're
> >>quoting them exactly, is also a bit off, as the correct quote should be:
> >>"Norton Internet Security 2006 is not compatible with Windows Millenium
> >>Edition".
> >>
> >> Operating System companies write operating systems for specific hardware
> >> platforms.
> >>
> >> Applications Software companies write application programs (including
> >> antivirus and internet security software) for specific operating systems.
> >>
> >> If Symantec chooses not to write a product for Microsoft Millenium Edition
> >> (which, btw, is now almost six years old), then your beef is with Symantec
> >> for not doing what they /could/ do if they chose to do so.
> >>
> >> NOT with Microsoft, who /DID/ update that program (Windows ME) -- it's
> >> called Windows XP, and was originally released in 2002.
> >>
> >> If you want to upgrade.... go down to Best Buy, write a check for $99 plus
> >> tax, and buy a copy of XP Home Edition Upgrade, which will happily upgrade
> >> your Windows ME to Windows XP Home Edition -- and your NIS 2006 will
> >> happily install on the XP Home Edition.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "MICROSOFT UPDATES DON'T WORK" <MICROSOFT UPDATES DON'T
> >> WORK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:8CB0996A-EEB4-405A-9054-F66ADAA55578@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>>I contacted symantec and they said win millinium is not compatible with
> >>> norton internet secrurity 2006. They said they would give me my money
> >>> back
> >>> but I already uninstalled norton 2005. It seems MICROSOFT SHOULD PROVIDE
> >>> A
> >>> SMIPLE WAY TO UPDATE THEIR PROGRAM SO WE CAN USE THE NEW ANTI VIRUS
> >>> PROGRAMS.
> >>>
> >>> "LindaS" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> when i try to install the anti-virus software nortons internet securty
> >>>> 2006
> >>>> at the end of the downloading it says that it cannot because and I get
> >>>> this
> >>>> message
> >>>>
> >>>> windows service pack 3 or greater or a 32 bit version.
> >>>>
> >>>> so i am stuck and I do not know what they are talking about. could you
> >>>> please explain what i need to do. I have already paid for this software.
> >>>>
> >>>> thank you linda
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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