i have norton installed on pc and my pc is slow to start up and freezes when i close a window any ideas?

Question

ive got norton installed and ever since i installed it when i start pc up it takes ages before i can go onto internet explorer plus when closing an open window it freezes on me. sometimes i can get it to go down to the tool bar at bottom but if i click on it to bring it back up all i get is wot looks like a frame and nothing in middle all i see is the desktop.im sick of the pc feezing on me also i get microsoft error report too and have to send error report i get this quite often, any body any ideasim not pc literate so havent a clue.

Answer 1

its most likely norton unistalled it unless you payed for it if so then you should probably buy mor memory or a faster processor

Answer 2

If you want to prove that Norton is causing a problem then you could disable it and see if that makes your PC go faster. There is prbably an icon sitting in the system tray at the bottom right hand side on the screen. Right click it and select Disable.

In order to see what might be slowing your computer down, use Task Manager to identify the process. Press the keys Ctrl + Alt + Delete together and click on the Processes tab.
Look down the CPU column for any process where the digits are above 0%. Ignore the System Idle process as that displays resources that are free.

Also look in Event Viewer to see if there are any problems listed there. Click on Start->Settings->Control Panel and double click on Administrative Tools ans select Event Viewer.

Answer 3

Yea do your self a favour and take it off, norton is not a virus programe as such as it never seems to find any i did a test on several 64 bit pc with norton and they all did the same they fell over choking norton by fact reduces your system by 80% of it speed. if you have a email address download avast antivirus this kiks viruses and doesn't efect your system at all.
Goodbye Norton Hello Avast. hope this helps

Answer 4

I deal with sick computers daily, and almost all computers with Norton and Mcafee slows the computers down, sometime to a point where its actually unusable.

I would advice you to remove Norton and use something else thats a bit easier on the computer. try Avast or AVG

On teh otherhand, if you have a dualcore computer with lots of memory, the problem could be something else, ie, Norton is conflicting with another piece of software already installed.

Answer 5

i have seen this problem over and over again, the problem is norton. the firewall is causing your pc to run slow and checks every thing over and over again asking is it ok to allow this or block that? this problem is amplified if you are low on system ram eg. less than 1gb. that might seem like a lot but after you have booted into xp and then let norton run your system ram is now below 512mb and with any other program running like a game or IE7 when surfing it all adds up and causes the pc to crash. best thing to do is bin norton and get something that doesnt cause your pc to slowdown. try bullguard 7. seamless and is a lot cheaper.

Answer 6

Remove Norton's, install AVG Free Edition Anti Virus.
You can get AVG from download.com

Answer 7

yeah norton is great but it takes up too much of your computers recources, get rid of and get AVG

Answer 8

yeah deinstall norton its the worst anti virus software ever, the one i use is anti-vir and works really well

Answer 9

norton is garbage. Trash it and get avast at http://www.avast.com

Answer 10

try uninstal see if all works then
if so reinstal see if all works good
if not
do this

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