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Re: filmscanners: Vuescan request
> Good point, Alan. Both Norton and McAfee (the only two I've used)seem to
go
> a bit overboard on backups, sometimes to the point of obstructing and
> shutting down the whole operation, particularly on a system with marginal
> RAM.
>
> Any tips you have on defeating this "overzealousness" would be more than
> welcome by me, and possibly others.
>
Don't use the damn things!
My brother had Norton on his machine. It takes twice as long to boot and
seemed to be one of the most unstable machines I have ever used. I once
installed some software and it took 3 hours to make all it's backups.
I can reinstall windows and most of the applications I use regularly in
less time. After a clean install the system is generally noticably fastet
too.
What's the point - particularly if they can even mess up and get in the way
of the installation of something as unobtrusive as Vuescan? I suspect the
backup will be no different to the previous installation backup as Vuescan
does not intrude in any system directories, files and in particular does not
use the registry.
Steve
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