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Thread ID: 67313 2006-03-24 03:54:00 Does Norton Utilities do anything better than can be accomplished with chkdsk? braindead (1685) Press F1
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440312 2006-03-24 03:54:00 I'm referring to the Norton Utilities included in Symantec's Systemworks 2006, (which incidentally I've heard contains a Sony-style root kit). Would I be wasting my money?

Thanks.
braindead (1685)
440313 2006-03-24 04:24:00 Yes. pctek (84)
440314 2006-03-24 06:49:00 Absolute waste of $$$. Freeware utils do a better job e.g. page defrag (www.sysinternals.com) amongest others...... gibler (49)
440315 2006-03-24 11:59:00 they are a few things it does well and has a few features that don't exist on any free program (eg moving swap file). when nortons AV was a resonable program system works was a good buy, but as nortons AV now sucks its not really worth it. to buy the utilities on there own, its way over priced.

for most users you can get away with useing free programs. there are a few other paid programs that do just as good a job as nortons did.
tweak'e (69)
440316 2006-03-25 01:59:00 What do you recommend tweak'e? braindead (1685)
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