After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links on OE
now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds before. I
also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am now getting a
window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an [End Now] button. Are
these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to how to get back to normal before
I decide on and load a different antivirus software?

Bruce

Did you stop NIS before uninstalling, maybe the filtering proxy is still
running because the uninstall could not remove the active parts at the time.

You could try reinstall, make sure it is all turned off then uninstall
again. NIS is pretty notorious for causing uninstall problems.

Obviously this is just an idea, do not know for sure.

Charlie

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links
on OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds
before. I also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am
now getting a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an
[End Now] button. Are these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to how
to get back to normal before I decide on and load a different antivirus
software?

Bruce

"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Did you stop NIS before uninstalling, maybe the filtering proxy is still
running because the uninstall could not remove the active parts at the time.

You could try reinstall, make sure it is all turned off then uninstall again.
NIS is pretty notorious for causing uninstall problems.

Obviously this is just an idea, do not know for sure.

Charlie

I didn't stop NIS first-- I just did an uninstall. Mainly out of frustration
after my annual subscription download totally screwed up my computer operations.
I tried Norton-suggested fixes but I just seemed to get deeper in trouble. I'm
eating the 40 bucks just to get things working normally again, as they seem
close to doing now. So I can't reinstall without paying another $40 or more to
Norton, which I'm not willing to do. Like you mention, I have heard that there
would be some scattered remnants of NIS wandering around my system after the
uninstall, but I guess I presumed they wouldn't cause any problems.

Bruce


"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
news:QJ5ug.30360$8q.11800@dukeread08...
After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links on
OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds before.
I also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am now getting
a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an [End Now] button.
Are these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to how to get back to normal
before I decide on and load a different antivirus software?

Bruce

To remove Norton completely, see:
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm
and:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039

I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
or:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww

When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail scanning when
you see the option.

Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and I don't
know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
news:KB6ug.30362$8q.23973@dukeread08...

"Charlie Tame" wrote in message
...
Did you stop NIS before uninstalling, maybe the filtering proxy is still
running because the uninstall could not remove the active parts at the
time.

You could try reinstall, make sure it is all turned off then uninstall
again. NIS is pretty notorious for causing uninstall problems.

Obviously this is just an idea, do not know for sure.

Charlie

I didn't stop NIS first-- I just did an uninstall. Mainly out of
frustration after my annual subscription download totally screwed up my
computer operations. I tried Norton-suggested fixes but I just seemed to
get deeper in trouble. I'm eating the 40 bucks just to get things working
normally again, as they seem close to doing now. So I can't reinstall
without paying another $40 or more to Norton, which I'm not willing to do.
Like you mention, I have heard that there would be some scattered remnants
of NIS wandering around my system after the uninstall, but I guess I
presumed they wouldn't cause any problems.

Bruce


"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
news:QJ5ug.30360$8q.11800@dukeread08...
After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups
links on OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10
seconds before. I also find that when closing my browser and shutting
down, I am now getting a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress
bar and an [End Now] button. Are these somehow connected? Any
suggestions as to how to get back to normal before I decide on and load
a different antivirus software?

Bruce

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
To remove Norton completely, see:
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm
and:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039

I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
or:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww

When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail scanning when
you see the option.

Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and I don't
know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

Thanks for the help. I was scared away by the Norton uninstall warnings in the
links you suggested (e.g. Don't try this unless you know what you're doing,
etc.) so I left the scraps alone. I did download the AVG Free you recommended.

Bruce

Bruce Remick wrote:

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...

To remove Norton completely, see:
http://basconotw.mvps.org/SymRem.htm
and:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039

I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
or:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww

When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail scanning
when you see the option.

Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and I don't
know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


Thanks for the help. I was scared away by the Norton uninstall warnings in
the links you suggested (e.g. Don't try this unless you know what you're
doing, etc.) so I left the scraps alone. I did download the AVG Free you
recommended.


Ignore the warnings. I highly recommend you use http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039 (Steps 1 &2). Norton apps are /notorious/ for not uninstalling cleanly!
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

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After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links
on OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds
before. I also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am
now getting a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an
[End Now] button. Are these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to how
to get back to normal before I decide on and load a different antivirus
software?

Bruce

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"Bruce Remick" , haber iletisinde þunlar?
yazd?QJ5ug.30360$8q.11800@dukeread08...
After uninstalling Norton Internet Security, I notice my Newsgroups links
on OE now take up to a minute to load messages, versus about 10 seconds
before. I also find that when closing my browser and shutting down, I am
now getting a window, End Program - SVCHost, with a progress bar and an
[End Now] button. Are these somehow connected? Any suggestions as to
how to get back to normal before I decide on and load a different
antivirus software?

Bruce