Reinstalled winxp tried to get update drivers that where missing, Installed Norton 360.5 and everything goes to crawling mode or will not reboot in a few hours. I even tried not reinstalling Norton, left it off the Internet. and still get the message files missing. After 10 -15 times of trying to reinstall all shut down. Cant do anything except take it to the trash can. I noticed a lot of people are having similiar difficulties. with XP If I by Windows 7 would this fix the slow problems.
Reply 1 : Windows XP and reinstall still crashed
will it fix the 'slow' problems?
Difficult to say, but on this machine, probably not. A 6 year old Windows XP system is likely not going to be compatible for Windows 7, and hunting for drivers could be a nightmare.
Since Norton 360 seems to slow it down the solution seems obvious to me. Dump Norton 360 and go for something else.
There are other threats besides viruses. Anti-virus scanner like Norton do a fairly good job with viruses, but no AV scanner will find all malware. For the rest we need to add to our arsenal of protection with anti-malware scanners.
Mark
Difficult to say, but on this machine, probably not. A 6 year old Windows XP system is likely not going to be compatible for Windows 7, and hunting for drivers could be a nightmare.
Since Norton 360 seems to slow it down the solution seems obvious to me. Dump Norton 360 and go for something else.
There are other threats besides viruses. Anti-virus scanner like Norton do a fairly good job with viruses, but no AV scanner will find all malware. For the rest we need to add to our arsenal of protection with anti-malware scanners.
Mark
Reply 2 : Windows XP and reinstall still crashed
when did you last give this computer a good clean, remove the dust and stuff from inside the case around the fans and other components?
Mark
Mark
Reply 3 : Windows XP and reinstall still crashed
I just took it apart about a month ago, and blew everything out, yes it was dusty. When it finally crashed and would not load anything the fan on the back went racing in high gear. I have heard using Norton for clean up does cause some problems like removing files it did not think I need. Thanks for the info on Windows 7 because, that was going to be my next attempt to try Windows 7. Drivers were the big issue when I re installed XP It would not find the ethernet drivers. Then was missing others, which is funny because I have not added anything to this original set up. I did find a site PerformerSoft Drivers for 30 $.
Could Dust have gotten on the hard drive itself? I thought it was a closed box.
Could Dust have gotten on the hard drive itself? I thought it was a closed box.
Reply 4 : Windows XP and reinstall still crashed
You're right the hdd is sealed and enclosed, so no dust there.
I wonder again if this problem is not related to Norton 360. If you can fix that by uninstalling it, (may be a reinstall will be needed eventually, but if so don't install Norton), perhaps that will improve things?
Mark
I wonder again if this problem is not related to Norton 360. If you can fix that by uninstalling it, (may be a reinstall will be needed eventually, but if so don't install Norton), perhaps that will improve things?
Mark
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