Pete Raven 276 Posted September 3, 2004 Courtesy of 1st Wizard:If you have Nortons, you will have in your upper task bar, a nortons web assistant icon, click once, and uncheck ad blocking for this site only (you must have the pinkun page showing whilst doing this) as soon as I did this, everything suddenly worked!. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted September 3, 2004 ah peter, you rivaling me for the scariest picture? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted September 3, 2004 Tis merely the cover of the finest album ever to be made by a British band...Don''t think I''ll rival you for the largest signature though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazzathegreat 0 Posted September 4, 2004 [quote]Tis merely the cover of the finest album ever to be made by a British band...Don''t think I''ll rival you for the largest signature though...[/quote]who are they then pete? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted September 4, 2004 First person to guess wins a prize Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted September 4, 2004 - Queen? ive got loads of albums but i sware ive never seen that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent Canary 0 Posted September 4, 2004 Its The Doves - The Last BroadcastI claim my prize sir! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent Canary 0 Posted September 4, 2004 No, it really is Doves - The Last Broadcast.. I have the album and Im looking at it right now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted September 4, 2004 That''s better. You are a man with great taste in music.And for a bonus point - the film from which my quote originates? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent Canary 0 Posted September 4, 2004 I wondered if you''d spot the difference between The Doves and Doves, my mistake! And the film quote appears to the The Big Lebowski.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herb 0 Posted September 6, 2004 Get rid of Norton - its worse than most of the viruses its supposed to protect you against.I''ve seen more problems on PCs attributed to that sorry excuse for software than any other.Get AVG free antivirus and either Zonealarm or Kerio free firewall. Norton=Evil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted September 6, 2004 [quote]Get rid of Norton - its worse than most of the viruses its supposed to protect you against. I''ve seen more problems on PCs attributed to that sorry excuse for software than any other. Get AVG free a...[/quote] Ive got norton! im getting a new network virus scannerprotector or whatever, lots of people call it different things! Anyway, i got 4 pcs (at the moment, theres going to be more.....) on a network, so rather than getting different ones for each pc im goign to get a network one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent Canary 0 Posted September 6, 2004 Advice for any Mac users as well Norton is equally notorious for causing problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad Pepping 0 Posted September 8, 2004 [quote]ah peter, you rivaling me for the scariest picture?[/quote]I have to win it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent Canary 0 Posted September 8, 2004 [quote]First person to guess wins a prize[/quote]Anything NCFC related would be fine.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted September 8, 2004 [quote]I have to win it[/quote]aarrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted September 10, 2004 [quote]Get rid of Norton - its worse than most of the viruses its supposed to protect you against. I''ve seen more problems on PCs attributed to that sorry excuse for software than any other. Get AVG free a...[/quote] I have to totaly disagree with Herb over the merits of Nortons. I have their Anti Virus and Firewall installed on my PC, and I subscribe to their live automatic update facility. Its true that it can marginally slow down downloading, but for the number of Trojan Horses, worms and virus''s its detected and blocked, its been well worth it, and the financial layout. Sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herb 0 Posted September 11, 2004 Your mileage may vary. I must admit that I''ve not had anything to do with Norton utilities for about a couple of years now, so things may have improved. They couldn''t have got much worse! Admittedly, my biggest gripe with it was the huge system overheads (the bain of gamers everywhere) and again that is probably less of a problem now most of us are running something approaching a super-computer. Saying its worth the outlay because its blocked this and that is like justifying paying for air in bottles "cos you need it to breathe" - there are 100% free non-adware non-spyware alternatives which do the job at least as well. Free is my favourite price, if you hadn''t guessed Likewise, the best defence against trojans/worms and other nasties is a bit of common sense. 99.9% of them come from email attachments or dubious websites (warez sites being one of the biggest culprits) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted September 12, 2004 [quote]Your mileage may vary. I must admit that I''ve not had anything to do with Norton utilities for about a couple of years now, so things may have improved. They couldn''t have got much worse! Admitte...[/quote] In reply to your very well written and concise criticism of Nortons, its very obvious that you know a great deal more about computers than me. I''m a total ''virgin'' when it comes to them I''m afraid. So its comforting from my point of view, when opening a dubious e''mail, or visiting a ''naff'' web site etc, Nortons pops up and warns me to exercise extreme caution. I don''t play games, so I have not noticed many problems. I must admit, I bought Nortons as an aid for my ignorance. It was recommended to me by other Nortons users, And for the job it does for me, I am more than satisfied. I don''t doubt you know better alternatives and options, and had I, your knowledge and experience, I may have gone down your route and philosophy. But I like Nortons, and I would not hesitate to recomend it to others, sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites