Norton Internet Security 2002

Hi,

I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.

Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
machine.

The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.

Any ideas on how I can get around this?

Thanks!

--
Jim Heckman

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

"Jim Heckman" wrote in message
news:135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
> machine.

Who told you that a personal packet filter is useless? Personal packet
filters are viable solutions in stopping unsolicited inbound
traffic/packets.

What you're trying to install is not a FW. A FW sits at the junction between
two networks, A FW werther it's a host based solution running on a gateway
computer or a hardware solution will have two network interfaces a network.

One interface is to protect from a network usually the Internet/WAN; the
FW is protecting from. The other interface is to protect a network the LAN;
the FW is protecting.

>
> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get around this?

It's typical Norton and the Liveupdate that will go wrong, get rid of it.

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

"Jim Heckman" wrote in message
news:135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
> machine.
>
> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Jim Heckman


I wonder if todays updates are too much for such old software!
Do Norton still support NIS2002?
Does NIS2002 expect to find Win98se?


Geoff@York

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

"Monkey Hanger" wrote in message
news:Eu2dnT2cwLDMbMbbnZ2dnUVZ8qCqnZ2d@bt.com...
> "Jim Heckman" wrote in message
> news:135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
>> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>>
>> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
>> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
>> machine.
>>
>> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
>> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
>> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
>> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>>
>> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Jim Heckman
>
>
> I wonder if todays updates are too much for such old software!
> Do Norton still support NIS2002?
> Does NIS2002 expect to find Win98se?
>

As far as I know Norton stopped support for its 2002 software ages ago. No
doubt he got this software for a song or it had been installed on a
countless number of computers as Norton didn't have installation keys in
those days.
--
choro-nik
========

>
> Geoff@York
>
>

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

On 29-May-2007, "choro-nik"
wrote in message :

> "Monkey Hanger" wrote in message
> news:Eu2dnT2cwLDMbMbbnZ2dnUVZ8qCqnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> > "Jim Heckman" wrote in message
> > news:135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
> >> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
> >>
> >> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
> >> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
> >> machine.
> >>
> >> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
> >> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
> >> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
> >> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
> >>
> >> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Heckman
> >
> >
> > I wonder if todays updates are too much for such old software!
> > Do Norton still support NIS2002?
> > Does NIS2002 expect to find Win98se?
> >
>
> As far as I know Norton stopped support for its 2002 software ages ago.

Actually, less than a year ago. But from what I've gleaned in the
anti-virus newsgroups, 2002 will still update itself to the latest
and greatest *if* I can get the downloads to install correctly.

> No
> doubt he got this software for a song or it had been installed on a
> countless number of computers as Norton didn't have installation keys in
> those days.

Nope, I bought the CD myself directly from Symantec when I was
still using the laptop in question as my main machine. Now I'm
trying to resuscitate it as a backup machine.

--
Jim Heckman

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

On 28-May-2007, "Jim Heckman"
wrote in message <135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
> machine.
>
> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>
> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
>
> Thanks!

On the extremely off chance anyone cares, it turned out 'all' I had
to do was shut down all other tasks and let Live Update churn away
for a couple of hours...

--
Jim Heckman

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

"Jim Heckman" wrote in message
news:1361q3ef8sh65bb@corp.supernews.com...
>
> On 28-May-2007, "Jim Heckman"
> wrote in message <135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
>> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>>
>> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
>> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
>> machine.
>>
>> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
>> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
>> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
>> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>>
>> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> On the extremely off chance anyone cares, it turned out 'all' I had
> to do was shut down all other tasks and let Live Update churn away
> for a couple of hours...
>

We don't care. :)

Re: Norton Internet Security 2002

"Jim Heckman" wrote in message
news:1361q3ef8sh65bb@corp.supernews.com...
>
> On 28-May-2007, "Jim Heckman"
> wrote in message <135n7l5bg3hh78e@corp.supernews.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security 2002 from CD onto an
>> ancient Gateway Solo laptop running Win98.
>>
>> Yeah, yeah, I know firewalls are mostly useless these days, but NIS
>> does has a nice pop-up blocker I wouldn't mind having on this
>> machine.
>>
>> The problem: When I run Live Update to try to upgrade to the latest
>> software and definitions, it downloads about 8 megs of stuff
>> successfully, but then hangs trying to install it, apparently stuck
>> in an infinite loop of intermittent disk writes.
>>
>> Any ideas on how I can get around this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> On the extremely off chance anyone cares, it turned out 'all' I had
> to do was shut down all other tasks and let Live Update churn away
> for a couple of hours...
>
> --
> Jim Heckman


It's always good to know the outcome Jim. That's something that is VERY rare
in the NG.
Thanks,
Geoff@York