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369376 2005-07-04 18:08:00 I have read numerous posts in this forum saying that NAV is rubbish. It does this , It does that. It's a memory hog.
How true are these statements? I have been useing NAV for the past 12 years and do not have a single complaint about it.
As I am having a possible memory problem at the moment I stopped NAV from loading ,in Msconfig.
It made absolutely no difference.
Are there any GENUINE problems with NAV?
JJJJJ (528)
369377 2005-07-04 21:30:00 They are true. If you have not had any problems, good. But some people do. I find if its working, ok, well and good. It does slow older systems noticably.
But, if it gets a problem, it often doesn't have one quietly to itself, it takes Windows with it.
Check with Akld Unis IT dept - they have had exactly the same experiences and quite a few of the support staff there now hate it.
pctek (84)
369378 2005-07-05 00:55:00 If you haven't had problems you're all good and fine. But I hate it because diagnosing problems on someone else's machine is a biatch if they have it installed. Greg (193)
369379 2005-07-05 00:57:00 I am having a possible memory problem at the moment I stopped NAV from loading ,in Msconfig.
It made absolutely no difference.

Sorry mate - disabling NAV doesn't cure old age memory loss. ;)
Greg (193)
369380 2005-07-05 03:18:00 What do you use your computer for?? Rob99 (151)
369381 2005-07-05 04:02:00 What do you use your computer for??
You obviously haven't been following Jack's Flight Sim saga, Rob. :p
FoxyMX (5)
369382 2005-07-05 04:21:00 You obviously haven't been following Jack's Flight Sim saga, Rob. :pProbally not :p to you to :D

I would shut down NAV if playing a flight Sim.

I dont have any probs with Norton, not that I would ever have it on my computer, I make heaps of money by removing it.

Common problem:
"My new HP/Compac/Dell/etc is running slow, can you fix it?"

The easy fix is to rid the machine of Norton and replace with Nod32, most of the time I stick in an extra 512Mb of ram too.

Norton is a majior hog, you may not notice if you only use the computer for light tasks.
Rob99 (151)
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