Help Installing Norton Utilities 15

Hi, @Ramius:

The PC Gods are trying to tell you something....
"Registry cleaners" and "optimizers" and "tweakers" such as Norton Utilities are -- at best -- worthless and -- at worst -- potentially dangerous for creating more problems than they fix.

See here for just a few articles:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2563254
Why Using a Registry Cleaner Won’t Speed Up Your PC or Fix Crashes
Using Registry Cleaner: Does Is It Really Make a Difference?
Are Registry Cleaners Worth It? | PCWorld
Registry Cleaners: Digital Snake Oil | Malwarebytes Labs
Do I need a Windows Registry Cleaner? - PC Self-Help Articles and Guides - Malwarebytes Forums

If I were you, I would take the hint from your computer and forget about NU-15.
(CCleaner -- without the registry cleaning module -- or TFC would be a better, safer alternative, e.g. for temp files and other junk.)

Others here may have different opinions on this...

Cheers,
MM

Hi:

Ramius said:

To a certain extent you are correct. If you have ever installed a program, decided it was not what you wanted an then uninstalled it and could see all the stuff left behind then cleaners would not be of any value.

Most of the time, those leftovers are of no consequence.

IMHO it is not the cleaners that are a problem, it is the uninstall programs that need to be better.

Agree, but that does not mean that such "registry cleanup" tools are helpful.

At the same time, just how big do you want you registry to become?

Perhaps take another look at the quoted references, including the one from MS

While I have not tried to install any other program the fact that this program will not install correctly what else will fail?

Good point - a good test would be to see if you have trouble installing other programs.

If you have already been using such tools, the OS may already be damaged from what they have "fixed". Continued use may only cause further damage.
We really do not have enough info to say for sure.
What was the result of the chkdsk?
Have you run SFC /scannow at least two or three times?

It's up to each user whether or not to use such cleanup utilities.
If the articles I presented do not change your mind, then I won't be able to, either.

So I will defer to others on this emotional topic.:)

Cheers,
MM

From MM post @ 2

(CCleaner -- without the registry cleaning module -- or TFC would be a better, safer alternative, e.g. for temp files and other junk.)

I would also suggest using Windows 7 built in Disk Cleanup.

My thoughts are simple.
Let the Anti Virus companies do what they do best, fighting virus and stay out of the cleanup and tuneup business. Leave those things to well established companies in those business.

I personally know of no Tuneup program that I would use.

Just my opinion

Jack

I have found that any anti virus program is hard to uninstall completely.
Even when using programs like Revo or the uninstaller.

When you search the registry you will still find things.

I think the reason for this is; when running scans the anti virus program must look every where for infections, so it's foot prints are left every where.

As far as Norton goes; I haven't used it in years.
Some like it and some don't.

Jack

Hi:

I think the OP's topic relates to NU-15 (their "registry cleaner"), rather than to their security products, and to problems installing it, not uninstalling it, que no?

The conversation seems to be heading a bit off-topic...

But, carry on, if you wish.

Cheers,

MM

You are correct again MoxieMomma. We are getting a little off topic.

My post was a reply to this from post #7

No Norton for me, since they do not provide any solutions.
Their products were useless, even AV cannot be uninstall totally.
Lots of problems in their products.


Eric.

I will sit back and watch

Jack