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has anyone ever heard about a conflict between Norton Anti-Virus and Word? I knew there was a reason i didn't want this dang virus protection. I could NOT figure out why my Word wouldn't open. I tried reinstalling it, everything. Finally, i tried disabling the Norton (an idea i got when researching why my computer was taking ten freakin minutes to shut down [yes aNOTHER problem this computer has]) and the program opened straight away.

here's the weird thing. this problem only started a few days ago. maybe thursday or friday. it happened once, then i got it to open again after i restarted the computer. today, no matter how many times i restarted it, i couldn't get the program opened till i tried this.

so now what, i have to choose between antivirus and Word? i'm thinking a new version of one or the other or both might solve the problem. maybe just different version. my alma matter lets us download an older norton for free. i dunno. this just makes me peeved.

i wonder if it will shut down better with the antivirus disabled. i wonder if word will stop work once the norton comes back on (i set it only to disable itself for 5 minutes).

hmm. this makes me punchy.

UPDATE: disabling the stupid NAV plugin on Norton seems to make Word work ok. i dunno about the shut down. i'm ascared.

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has anyone ever heard about a conflict between Norton Anti-Virus and Word? I knew there was a reason i didn't want this dang virus protection. I could NOT figure out why my Word wouldn't open. I tried reinstalling it, everything. Finally, i tried disabling the Norton (an idea i got when researching why my computer was taking ten freakin minutes to shut down [yes aNOTHER problem this computer has]) and the program opened straight away.

here's the weird thing. this problem only started a few days ago. maybe thursday or friday. it happened once, then i got it to open again after i restarted the computer. today, no matter how many times i restarted it, i couldn't get the program opened till i tried this.

so now what, i have to choose between antivirus and Word? i'm thinking a new version of one or the other or both might solve the problem. maybe just different version. my alma matter lets us download an older norton for free. i dunno. this just makes me peeved.

i wonder if it will shut down better with the antivirus disabled. i wonder if word will stop work once the norton comes back on (i set it only to disable itself for 5 minutes).

hmm. this makes me punchy.

UPDATE: disabling the stupid NAV plugin on Norton seems to make Word work ok. i dunno about the shut down. i'm ascared.

(no subject)

has anyone ever heard about a conflict between Norton Anti-Virus and Word? I knew there was a reason i didn't want this dang virus protection. I could NOT figure out why my Word wouldn't open. I tried reinstalling it, everything. Finally, i tried disabling the Norton (an idea i got when researching why my computer was taking ten freakin minutes to shut down [yes aNOTHER problem this computer has]) and the program opened straight away.

here's the weird thing. this problem only started a few days ago. maybe thursday or friday. it happened once, then i got it to open again after i restarted the computer. today, no matter how many times i restarted it, i couldn't get the program opened till i tried this.

so now what, i have to choose between antivirus and Word? i'm thinking a new version of one or the other or both might solve the problem. maybe just different version. my alma matter lets us download an older norton for free. i dunno. this just makes me peeved.

i wonder if it will shut down better with the antivirus disabled. i wonder if word will stop work once the norton comes back on (i set it only to disable itself for 5 minutes).

hmm. this makes me punchy.

UPDATE: disabling the stupid NAV plugin on Norton seems to make Word work ok. i dunno about the shut down. i'm ascared.