Norton AV...Can It Only Be Installed Once? (1 Viewer)

[Chuck C]

my bud installed norton antivirus (bought on cd-rom) on his computer and now he wants to delete his hard drive to do a clean install....will he have trouble reinstalling norton?

 

[Diallo B]

short answer.

in my experience, with norton 2003, 2004 and 2005 he should have no issue.

 

[Mike Fassler]

no he wont have any issues, but personally I wouldnt waste my time with norton, its about the crappiest piece of software ever. F-secure and AVG are thousands of times better and dont over take your pc when installed.

 

[Chuck C]

Thanks Diallo




Now how does that help for a guy who already spent $40 on it?

 

[EricWilliam]

no Dave, product activation is the BEST thing to come along because it keeps people honest..all it does is enforce the license agreement..

 

[Chuck C]

With regard to Windows XP, I think product activation is too strict. What if you have a PC and a laptop you would like to upgrade...would you feel happy about buying two copies of XP? Sounds like a bit of corporate greed. Perhaps Microsoft and others could reach a middle ground with customers by allowing one copy of their software to be installed on up to three different systems.