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| Thread ID: 21430 | 2002-06-25 22:59:00 | Norton expires 2moro | mark c (247) | Press F1 |
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| 57335 | 2002-06-26 15:28:00 | Just format your hard drive and reinstall NAV. You will get another 12 months of live update for free. Another thing you can try is installing the 1 month demo of NAV 2001 (haven’t tried it with any other versions). The program only works for a month but it has a 12 months live update subscription with it. After installing it uninstall it and install your full version of the program and hopefully you will have another 12 months. |
Razer (651) | ||
| 57336 | 2002-06-26 21:15:00 | I think the first sentence of Razer's post is correct (don't know about the rest - I haven't tried it). I had a new PC box built which is networked with my main computer as a back up device. I installed Nortons on the back up PC, even though the subscription had "expired", just to check out whether it would work. It has been working now for several months doing its automatic Live Updates, so I think Razer's interpretation must be correct. My registration details were identical, so it must be at my computer end (not at Symantec) that the subscription period is controlled. John |
John H (8) | ||
| 57337 | 2002-06-26 21:43:00 | Norton keeps track of the time for updating the rescue disks and other maintenance so I can't see why it can't have an expiry date built in. | mark c (247) | ||
| 57338 | 2002-06-27 00:48:00 | Yes, but if i go to a PC which doesn't have NAV on it, I can freely download the updates - tried it yesterday. You can then burn to CD and install on your PC. Or, have a friend using NAV to do it for you. Or just pay the friggin' sub! G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 57339 | 2002-06-27 02:17:00 | the best possible fix for this is to make your boss aware that he/she will be responsible any outbreaks within your company and the costs associated with removing the viruses. put it on paper and ask them if they could please just sign it. they generally change their minds after that.:D | ecko_nzed (652) | ||
| 57340 | 2002-06-27 03:32:00 | Hmmm . . . talk with the boss? Well, as a self employed person, I had better call a meeting with myself . . . It is a bit different when it is your own budget it has to come out of!!! Your logic still applies ecko nzed, but . . . John |
John H (8) | ||
| 57341 | 2002-06-27 04:30:00 | The 'boss' is a computerphobe, the job is voluntarily running the 2 computers in the local community (non funded) Library. Her husband got buried y'day. Bit tricky. Been interesting all this. Think I will go with AVG. (The '2moro' bit of an exag. as not till Sunday.) Have a sunny day all you good people. :) No, Graham P paying the 'frigging sub' is not an option, but thanks anyway. |
mark c (247) | ||
| 57342 | 2002-06-27 06:24:00 | Have you tried right-clicking the clock on the bottom toolbar and changing the date backwards...... I put mine back to 2001 and I get all the "free" live updates I want...... Nasty trick eh? |
dot_com (558) | ||
| 57343 | 2002-06-27 07:05:00 | Yeah, really nasty if you want to open a file created on 25 June 2002, and the system thinks the date is 27 June 2001, and decides either A) The file doesn't exist or B)It is corrupted. The PC may not throw a wobbly at your data files, but Windows isn't very fogiving with system files, registry entries, logs and the like. Do not do this if you want a trouble free system. It is fine for short periods of downloading, or using expired programs, but I wouldn't be keen to do it permanently. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 57344 | 2002-06-27 08:12:00 | Fair point Graham, and one I didn't consider...... However, if I want to manually download the latest virus updates, can I do it from the NAV control panel that you access from the icon on the bottom toolbar - or do I have to go to the Symantec website? | dot_com (558) | ||
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