Norton Systemworks 2003 Pro OEM $8 + shipping

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: onelove
Sal, I don't think anybody here is buying this for the AV part of the suite.

Decent find. thanks OP. gimme a big ol 120mm fan w my ghost.

Don't you folks read the thread before posting? The antivirus program CAN BE UPDATED TO CURRENT LEVELS!!! Just do "Live Update".

Ok, done now

 

[Salvador]

Originally posted by: Nessism

Originally posted by: onelove
Sal, I don't think anybody here is buying this for the AV part of the suite.

Decent find. thanks OP. gimme a big ol 120mm fan w my ghost.

Don't you folks read the thread before posting? The antivirus program CAN BE UPDATED TO CURRENT LEVELS!!! Just do "Live Update".

Ok, done now

My 2002 version of NAV had all the Live Updates, but it wasn't even close to being the same software as NAV 2005.

Sal

 

[KKCC]

Thanks for the deal, but more importantly, for a good explanation of Ghost. I printed a copy for my sis in law. Her HD got corrupted & wouldn't start Windows. And she never backed anything up. I was able to put in a second drive & ad Windows on that so she could access the old drive.

Now that she has 2 drives she can image to the secondary HD in about 15 minutes and a restore takes about the same time. With HD so cheap n reason not to put in a second if only to store a backup image.

It should be almost bulletproof. Nice to know you can be back to where you were in only 15 minutes.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Salvador

Originally posted by: Nessism

Originally posted by: onelove
Sal, I don't think anybody here is buying this for the AV part of the suite.

Decent find. thanks OP. gimme a big ol 120mm fan w my ghost.

Don't you folks read the thread before posting? The antivirus program CAN BE UPDATED TO CURRENT LEVELS!!! Just do "Live Update".

Ok, done now

My 2002 version of NAV had all the Live Updates, but it wasn't even close to being the same software as NAV 2005.

Sal

Yep, up to date virus defs, but different engine.

 

[opulent]

Ya great post,
I also found it Here for the same price, but the shipping is cheaper at least it was for me.

 

[unclebud]

i found this thread informative. thanks for posting

 

[Mallow]

2003 Systemworks AV will last forever with infinite virus updates, you just have to format and reinstall once a year, which most ppl probably do anyway. This resets the "one year" limit on product updates clock. This is a great deal.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: Mallow
2003 Systemworks AV will last forever with infinite virus updates, you just have to format and reinstall once a year, which most ppl probably do anyway. This resets the "one year" limit on product updates clock. This is a great deal.

If you use the A/V in System suite, you never have to reformat..

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: RideFree

Originally posted by: Mallow
2003 Systemworks AV will last forever with infinite virus updates, you just have to format and reinstall once a year, which most ppl probably do anyway. This resets the "one year" limit on product updates clock. This is a great deal.

If you use the A/V in System suite, you never have to reformat..

What does System Suite mean?

 

[ww4397]

Originally posted by: ir0nw0lf
IIRC, the 2003 versions were also the last of the versions that didn't have the lame product activation junk in them.

You are correct.

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: Mallow
2003 Systemworks AV will last forever with infinite virus updates, you just have to format and reinstall once a year, which most ppl probably do anyway. This resets the "one year" limit on product updates clock. This is a great deal.

format isn't necessary, just uninstall and remove all registry entries. i really doubt that there is anything groudbreakingly different between norton 2k3 or 2k5. they just made it look fancy.

 

[cpufan]

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Do I need to buy a copy for each of my computers, or can I just install it on several machines? I plan to use AV and Ghost. Thanks.

 

[John P]

format isn't necessary, just uninstall and remove all registry entries

I don't suppose you know which registry entries need to be removed? Do I just search for a certain string?

cpufan - You can use this on multiple machines.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: Mallow

Originally posted by: RideFree

Originally posted by: Mallow
2003 Systemworks AV will last forever with infinite virus updates, you just have to format and reinstall once a year, which most ppl probably do anyway. This resets the "one year" limit on product updates clock. This is a great deal.

If you use the A/V in System suite, you never have to reformat..

What does System Suite mean?

Maybe if it had been properly called Systemsuite, Google would have produced the hit.
Sorry about the error on my part.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
format isn't necessary, just uninstall and remove all registry entries. i really doubt that there is anything groudbreakingly different between norton 2k3 or 2k5. they just made it look fancy.

Honestly, Norton/Symantec is so insidious in the registry that it burns hundreds of entries. Takes about thirty-forty minutes to remove it from a customer's machine, as it will not remove itself. I often get "free" copies to install but will not burden others with the "Symantec Snooper".

 

[VirtualLarry]

Ghost 2003 is great, I swear by it, it has saved me more than once.

I just wanted to make a suggestion to Kaido on the Ghost 2003 guide - there is no need to do a defrag of the filesystem, nor the pagefile, before creating the image. Ghost 2003's default settings are for a file-by-file image backup, not sector-by-sector, so fragmentation doesn't matter - when you restore the image, all of the files will naturally be defragmented already. Also, Ghost is smart enough not to image the pagefile, I think it includes it as a file entry, but with a zero-byte size in the image. So you don't have to worry about that either.

The only real benefit, is if you were going to use the system after making the image, and wanted to defrag anyways. But it's not needed prior to the creation of the backup image, at least not unless you were planning on making a forensic-quality sector-by-sector image, that might be a different story.

I also strongly recommend getting used to using Ghost to both backup, restore, and verify images, using the DOS-mode bootable floppy or a CD made from the Ghost bootable floppy. If you ever have to recover a failing HD, by imaging/copying it to another drive using Ghost, and Windows' won't boot, you'll thank me later. The wizards are alright, for new users, but you should get used to using GHOST.EXE, and the importants of the -split, -span, -ffx, and -fro paramters.

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Ghost 2003 is great, I swear by it, it has saved me more than once.

I just wanted to make a suggestion to Kaido on the Ghost 2003 guide - there is no need to do a defrag of the filesystem, nor the pagefile, before creating the image. Ghost 2003's default settings are for a file-by-file image backup, not sector-by-sector, so fragmentation doesn't matter - when you restore the image, all of the files will naturally be defragmented already. Also, Ghost is smart enough not to image the pagefile, I think it includes it as a file entry, but with a zero-byte size in the image. So you don't have to worry about that either.

The only real benefit, is if you were going to use the system after making the image, and wanted to defrag anyways. But it's not needed prior to the creation of the backup image, at least not unless you were planning on making a forensic-quality sector-by-sector image, that might be a different story.

I also strongly recommend getting used to using Ghost to both backup, restore, and verify images, using the DOS-mode bootable floppy or a CD made from the Ghost bootable floppy. If you ever have to recover a failing HD, by imaging/copying it to another drive using Ghost, and Windows' won't boot, you'll thank me later. The wizards are alright, for new users, but you should get used to using GHOST.EXE, and the importants of the -split, -span, -ffx, and -fro paramters.

Although VL knows that I am already redundant, I'll have to second what he has stated here. Ghost really is unparalleled.
Now, if Ghost were only smart enough to re-align the directories and order the files like I want...

 

[emeraldsky]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
If you ever have to recover a failing HD, by imaging/copying it to another drive...

If you've been using ghost you can just swap drives and boot from the copy.

 

[DPK]

Is shipping a deal killer for this? Basically we are paying ~16 for Ghost. Is that still a good deal?

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: emeraldsky

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
If you ever have to recover a failing HD, by imaging/copying it to another drive...

If you've been using ghost you can just swap drives and boot from the copy.

Yes, assuming your image is up to date.
If not, kudos for VL & Kaido.

 

[GregMal]

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[DPK]

Originally posted by: GregMal
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Ghost isn't listed with that version. Are they all the same?

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: DPK
Is shipping a deal killer for this? Basically we are paying ~16 for Ghost. Is that still a good deal?

if you don't need anything else, i guess shipping could be a consideration. but a fan/cable etc added makes the shipping reasonable. i got a 24" 3 end round ide cable with ghost and the shipping was like .50 more.

but ghost is very cool, after getting by the error on install it was giving me when trying to "remove back up files" kept saying install could not complete but the progie works fine, just gotta clean up the old with ccleaner. must have been because i installed ghost alone i guess?

 

[GregMal]

Systemworks Pro 2003 does have Ghost.............

 

[ww4397]

Originally posted by: DPK

Originally posted by: GregMal
Free Shipping..........
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Ghost isn't listed with that version. Are they all the same?

Ghost was included on the Pro version back in 2003. If they are actually selling that version, Ghost should be included.

It's interesting that they show the weight as 2 pounds. Maybe you get a cakebox of discs.