UAC prevents Norton installation

I have Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security
2009, which I downloaded from the website. The problem is that even when I
tell User Account Control to allow the install program to run, nothing
happens. I contacted Symantec about it, but all they said was that the user
control policy is not allowing the installation to run and that I should
contact Microsoft about how to fix it so the program can run. How do I do
that? Thanks.

"Zoe" <> wrote in message
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>I have Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to install Norton Internet
>Security
> 2009, which I downloaded from the website. The problem is that even when I
> tell User Account Control to allow the install program to run, nothing
> happens. I contacted Symantec about it, but all they said was that the
> user
> control policy is not allowing the installation to run and that I should
> contact Microsoft about how to fix it so the program can run. How do I do
> that? Thanks.


Have you tried right-clicking on the exe file and choosing "Run as
Administrator"?

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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:42:01 -0700, Zoe
<> wrote:

>I have Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security
>2009, which I downloaded from the website. The problem is that even when I
>tell User Account Control to allow the install program to run, nothing
>happens. I contacted Symantec about it, but all they said was that the user
>control policy is not allowing the installation to run and that I should
>contact Microsoft about how to fix it so the program can run. How do I do
>that? Thanks.

Zoe - if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take
over your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) .

Jim wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:42:01 -0700, Zoe
> <> wrote:
>
>> I have Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to install Norton Internet Security
>> 2009, which I downloaded from the website. The problem is that even when I
>> tell User Account Control to allow the install program to run, nothing
>> happens. I contacted Symantec about it, but all they said was that the user
>> control policy is not allowing the installation to run and that I should
>> contact Microsoft about how to fix it so the program can run. How do I do
>> that? Thanks.
>
> Zoe - if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take
> over your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) .


Heh, was about to say finally UAC does something useful

Is there free Anti-Virus Software?
Where?

James

"Jim" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:42:01 -0700, Zoe
> <> wrote:
>
>>I have Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to install Norton Internet
>>Security
>>2009, which I downloaded from the website. The problem is that even when I
>>tell User Account Control to allow the install program to run, nothing
>>happens. I contacted Symantec about it, but all they said was that the
>>user
>>control policy is not allowing the installation to run and that I should
>>contact Microsoft about how to fix it so the program can run. How do I do
>>that? Thanks.
>
> Zoe - if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take
> over your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) .

"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> skrev i meddelelsen
news:...
> Is there free Anti-Virus Software?
> Where?

Hi James

here you go.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://www.free-av.com
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

I do understand that you are not ready to give up AV yet. But you are really
close now, to see whats its all about and that just great.

/Jesper

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:03 -0400, "JamesJ"
<jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Is there free Anti-Virus Software?


There are several free anti-virus programs. The best of them, in my
view, is Avast, which you can get at http://www.avast.com/

But I completely disagree with the statement in this thread that said
"if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take over
your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) ." Although many of
the commercial anti-virus programs are very poor (Norton and McAfee,
for example), not all of them are. In my view, the best anti-virus
program is NOD32, which is *not* free.

Avast is a good product, and there aren't many that are better than
it. But NOD32 is.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
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> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:03 -0400, "JamesJ"
> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there free Anti-Virus Software?
>
>
> There are several free anti-virus programs. The best of them, in my
> view, is Avast, which you can get at http://www.avast.com/
>
> But I completely disagree with the statement in this thread that said
> "if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take over
> your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) ." Although many of
> the commercial anti-virus programs are very poor (Norton and McAfee,
> for example), not all of them are. In my view, the best anti-virus
> program is NOD32, which is *not* free.
>
> Avast is a good product, and there aren't many that are better than
> it. But NOD32 is.

Hi Ken

Did you see this. NOD32 is the lowest ranked??:
http://mtc.sri.com/live_data/av_rankings/

Why do you think that NOD32 is the best?.

/Jesper

One can choose whichever comparative test one prefers:
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02

NOD gets a decent rating there. If NOD protects Mr. Blake's system
adequately without hindering what he does with it, then it's the best
choice to him.


MowGreen
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Jesper Ravn wrote:

>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:...
>
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:03 -0400, "JamesJ"
>> <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there free Anti-Virus Software?
>>
>>
>>
>> There are several free anti-virus programs. The best of them, in my
>> view, is Avast, which you can get at http://www.avast.com/
>>
>> But I completely disagree with the statement in this thread that said
>> "if you haven`t paid for it , don`t install it ; it will take over
>> your computer . ( Free programs are much better ) ." Although many of
>> the commercial anti-virus programs are very poor (Norton and McAfee,
>> for example), not all of them are. In my view, the best anti-virus
>> program is NOD32, which is *not* free.
>>
>> Avast is a good product, and there aren't many that are better than
>> it. But NOD32 is.
>
>
> Hi Ken
>
> Did you see this. NOD32 is the lowest ranked??:
> http://mtc.sri.com/live_data/av_rankings/
>
> Why do you think that NOD32 is the best?.
>
> /Jesper

I did uninstall that resource hogging suite and I believe my system is
running
70% faster.

"Jesper Ravn" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:...
>> Is there free Anti-Virus Software?
>> Where?
>
> Hi James
>
> here you go.
> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> http://www.free-av.com
> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>
> I do understand that you are not ready to give up AV yet. But you are
> really close now, to see whats its all about and that just great.
>
> /Jesper