Verily I say unto thee, that waterskidoo spake thusly:
> On 2007-07-07, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> AV Software elevates the minimal system requires of any version of
>> Windows. Since Microsoft recommends that everyone installs such
>> software, the price tag it's boasting are deceiving and the minimal
>> system requirements they cite -- just theory. Is Home Basic even
>> allowed to play music files at all?
>
> The quickest method for rendering a system to it's electronic knees
> is to install Symantec System Works. Dell loads, or at least used to,
> that bloatware and the typical user can see an easy 15 percent boost
> in overall system responsiveness by removing it.
Security measures will always introduce a certain amount of overhead,
however Symantec are infamous in the industry for pushing that overhead
to unacceptable extremes.
> Which brings up another interesting point, why is it so difficult to
> remove Symantec products completely?
Probably for the same reason that it is virtually impossible to remove
*any* Windows software completely, without resorting to near-forensic
methods (or resorting to the Microsoft tried and true WipNReinstall®
solution). Windows completely lacks proper package management.
> Simply doing a Control Panel 'remove' does not work correctly as the
> registry is still polluted with stuff left around.
To use the antonym of an old programming adage: You should always pop
what you've pushed. Why this is so difficult for Windows programmers to
comprehend, much less implement, is one of the greatest mysteries of the
Windows platform.
> I advise my Windows friends to use a light on demand scanner and to
> not do stupid things like click on arbitrary links and attachments.
My advice is to simply not use Windows.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills
| and listening to repetitive music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo
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