How to disable Norton Systemworks?

Hi

I'm the (almost) proud owner of a new Wireless printer (HP 3310) which
has been a cinch to configure and hook up to my home wireless network.
Now I'm trying to get my laptop to talk to it but, whatever I try, I
get the following "Issues Stopping Indstallation" -

Symantec Settings Manager: Firewall
Symantec Network Drivers Service: Firewall
Symantec Event Manager: Firewall
Symantec Core LC: Firewall

It then gives advice, basically to disable the firewall before
continuing. I'm using Norton Systemworks (Premier) 2006 Version:
9.00 Build: 103. The XP Firewall is disabled and I've stopped Black
Ice (i.e. exited). Of course, only being the owner of the laptop,
Norton isn't about to let me do anything so simple as disable its
programs and I can't find anything to let me do that. I've tried
Auto-Protect, Internet Worm Protection and Windows Automatic Updates
off but the message is always the same.

Any help as to how I can persuade Norton to let me have control of my
machine and enable it to talk to the printer would be greatly
appreciated!

Thanks in advance

David

Re: How to disable Norton Systemworks?

Uncle Dave wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm the (almost) proud owner of a new Wireless printer (HP 3310) which
> has been a cinch to configure and hook up to my home wireless network.
> Now I'm trying to get my laptop to talk to it but, whatever I try, I
> get the following "Issues Stopping Indstallation" -
>
> Symantec Settings Manager: Firewall
> Symantec Network Drivers Service: Firewall
> Symantec Event Manager: Firewall
> Symantec Core LC: Firewall
>
> It then gives advice, basically to disable the firewall before
> continuing. I'm using Norton Systemworks (Premier) 2006 Version:
> 9.00 Build: 103. The XP Firewall is disabled and I've stopped Black
> Ice (i.e. exited). Of course, only being the owner of the laptop,
> Norton isn't about to let me do anything so simple as disable its
> programs and I can't find anything to let me do that. I've tried
> Auto-Protect, Internet Worm Protection and Windows Automatic Updates
> off but the message is always the same.
>
> Any help as to how I can persuade Norton to let me have control of my
> machine and enable it to talk to the printer would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> David
>

You go to the Windows Services screen and shutdown the Norton service.
You use MSconfig in the Run Box, you go to the Start-up tab, and you
uncheck anything that looks like Norton.

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Re: How to disable Norton Systemworks?

Survivor wrote:

> I like BlackICE. It has some quirks, but is generally reliable and
> effective and has caused me few problems. BlackICE seems to work
> differently than most other firewalls. It co-exists nicely with other
> firewalls, though other firewalls always caution against running a
> second firewall.

I've been using it for a couple of years now and had no rela
problems either.
>
> Also check your router, if you are using one. It may be blocking
> wireless printer and file sharing by default.

I'm also the (not quite so proud as I've had a lot of trouble with
it) owner of a newish MacBook Pro and that was a cinch to hook up to
the printer and I've been using that over the holidays. I'll have
another go at the Windows machine when I feel up to it - I have a very
short fuse with ill-behaved technology ;-)

> Many computer repair technicians complain that Symantec software is
> responsible for many of the problems their customers cannot solve.

I'm reaching the point where I might give up on MS - my Windows
laptop needs to be upgraded to run Vista and this nonsense with Norton
is tipping the scales.

I've been a user of Norton Utilities since pre-Windows days and
have used their security products for several years now but they are
getting beyond a joke. Consecutive versions have decreased user
control to the point where - witness this thread - you can't even just
switch the damn thing off any more. Apart from adware, the only virus
I ever got was harmless and Black Ice does a good job keeping intruders
out so I probably don't need always on protection. In fact I know I
don't - dodgy emails are either deleted by the spam filter or me so
I'll give a lot of thought to renewing my licence in a few months time.
Let's face it, most of NU is now standard in the main OSes and with
the cost of storage nowadays who really needs to be diagnosing disks
and curing problems?

Cheers and thanks both for the suggestions

UD

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