Product Description

Enjoy a fine-tuned computer with Norton SystemWorks 2006. This multi-purpose solution prevents many common problems, keeping your computer healthy and running smoothly. And if trouble does occur, it’s there to help you recover. A lot can go wrong with computers—systems slow down, data gets accidentally deleted, viruses attack—and Norton SystemWorks can stop many of these problems before they occur. To keep your system running smoothly, it rearranges files for fast access, finds and repairs broken Windows registries, and removes Internet clutter. Its antivirus protection safeguards your computer against damaging viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and dangerous spyware. And to keep your data and settings intact, it constantly tracks changes to your system and files. That means you won’t have to worry about losing your work, even if you forget to save changes to a document. No matter how many precautions you take, problems can still occur. And with Norton SystemWorks, you don’t have to turn to “techie” friends or family when this happens. Whether you need to remove a virus, repair a Windows glitch, or rescue damaged files, Norton SystemWorks can help you solve your problem and get you up, running, and enjoying your computer in no time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #250 in Software
• Color: 1-user
• Brand: Symantec
• Model: 10431728
• Released on: 2005-10-19
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Multi-purpose solution keeps computer healthy and personal info safe
• Antivirus protection guards against dangerous viruses and spyware
• Scans email and IM attachments for virus threats
• Automatically downloads updates to protect against new threats
• Restores computer to pre-crash state after system failures

Amazon.com
Nobody wants to expect the worst, but in today's digital world, you must keep your computer and your digital files protected at all times. Recipient of the PC World's "Best Buy" award (June 2005), Norton Systemworks 2006 offers some of the industry's most comprehensive solutions that are designed not only to keep viruses and hackers from reaching your files, but that will also keep your computer running smoothly and efficiently.

Systemworks 2006 offers comprehensive solutions to keep viruses and hackers from reaching your files.

Antivirus automatically removes viruses. View larger.

Keeps your computer running smoothly and efficiently. View larger.

GoBack allows you to undo problems with your PC. View larger.

From Protection to Detection Included with Systemworks 2006 are five leading utilities that are designed to help you protect your computer and get the most out of its computing power: Norton AntiVirus, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack, CheckIt Diagnostics, and System Optimizer.

Norton AntiVirus automatically removes viruses, Trojan horses, and worms from your hard drive and files, and checks incoming and outgoing email attachments for viruses. It is estimated that every five minutes, a new worm or security threat is created. AntiVirus automatically downloads updates to keep these threats away from your data. Among the threats it detects and removes are dangerous spyware, keystroke loggers, and other unwanted monitoring software. And when you install AntiVirus, it automatically disinfects your system, so you start off with a clean, virus-free computer.

Norton Utilities is a suite of utilities, which run continuously in the background, that can help you recover from crashes, repair your system, and fix errors on your hard disk. It also lets you compare different file versions and recover deleted files, and it helps to optimize the performance of your hard drive.

Norton GoBack allows you to easily undo problems with your PC. You can restore your PC to a healthy state by going back minutes, hours, or even days (depending on available disk space that you have). You can also GoBack to restore files that have been deleted or modified, and to try new software safely. CheckIt Diagnostics, which is also included in the suite, offers one of the quickest and most thorough evaluations of a PC's hardware, and System Optimizer gathers all your Windows configuration controls in a single program.

In short, this suite of integrated security solutions will protect your PC from viruses, optimize its performance, and safeguard your information through backup and data recovery. And with a LiveUpdate function that automatically downloads updates directly to your computer, Systemworks 2006 is the most comprehensive way you can keep your PC and your valuable data protected.

From the Manufacturer
Enjoy a fine-tuned computer with Norton SystemWorks 2006. This multi-purpose solution keeps your computer healthy, preventing and solving many common problems. Its antivirus protection--the most trusted on the planet--keeps your computer safeguarded against damaging virus attacks and dangerous spyware. And if trouble does occur, Norton SystemWorks is there to help you recover.

Key Features:

• Automatically removes viruses, Trojan horses, and worms.
• Scans email and IM attachments for virus threats.
• Automatically downloads updates to protect against new threats.
• One-button checkup scans your entire system for problems at the click of a mouse.
• Improved! Restores your computer to a pre-crash state after system failures and other major problems.
• Recovers individual folders, files, and previous document versions--even if you forget to save them.
• Improved! Cleans up unwanted cookies, cache, and temporary files that slow your computer's performance.
• Automatically detects and fixes Windows problems.
• Defragments and optimizes your hard drive for better performance.

• Detects and removes dangerous spyware, keystroke loggers, and other unwanted monitoring software.
• Prevents dangerous spyware programs from taking over your home page and redirecting you to their download sites.
• Monitors new software installations and reverses the process if the installation goes poorly or you decide you don't want the software.
• Gives you control over the Windows settings and processes running on your system.

Customer Reviews

Systemworks 2006...Nothing but trouble.This product could have been good.
I spent three hours helping a friend uninstall norton systemworks..He thought he could install this over norton nis2006 !!Wrong!! these programs arent compatible with each other..Both have versions of noton anti-virus 2006.!!! you cant run both...They fought each other until he got a grey screen.Nothing worked!!! I had to perform a clean windows install,and installed norton 2005 antivirus and the 2005 norton firewall...Now all is well...? we have to wait 15 days to see if the registration fails...You install at your own risk...Upgrading is not always better...You be the judge of this.

Four Stars For the Product Plus a Fifth Star For Fellow Reviewers With Great Installation Advice
When I first read some of the poor reviews of this product, I was originally hesitant to purchase it, but then I saw some of the advice from those who had better success with it and I have to agree with those who were patient during installation. This is a wonderful product if you install it slowly and carefully. The first thing I did was uninstall every one one my Norton/Symantec product components step by step. This included Systemworks 2005, Live Reg, Norton WMI, Live Update, and Password Manager. Most of these components will require a restart after each step. Once I cleaned out all of my old Norton programs I rechecked the add/remove programs window in my control panel to make sure they were all gone.

I then went ahead and placed the Systemworks 2006 installation disk. Although it is a good idea to defragment your hard drive before doing so, I was successful in installing the program without this step. Once it gave me the choice for express installation or custom install, I chose custom and unchecked Go Back. If you have important files you are afraid of losing, you may want to do express installation and retain Go back, although this program will need up to an additional 10% of your hard drive space to back up files. Once everything was installed I activated the product after the computer restarted. It will then run you through a live update (which may take a while) and then ask you to restart once this is done. After the restart, run Live Update again and it will continue to update more virus definitions.

I then installed Check It Diagnostics (a handy program on the disk) and reinstalled Password Manager. You can find Password Manager 2004 on this disk by browsing the disk and clicking on NPM. Once you open this up, click on npmsetup.exe to install. Once you install this, it will restart one more time and prompt you to do a live update again. Once everything is installed, then do a full virus scan and you're set. It's not a bad idea to run a disk check for errors and then defragment the volume afterwards.

By following these simple instructions the entire process went flawlessly. Keep in mind I am NOT an expert and my computer is an old dinosaur. It only has a 500 MHZ processor. In spite of this the programs run wonderfully. One of the biggest advantages over last year's model is my email scanning seems to be faster and there are a few added goodies, including XP System Optimizer and Norton Protection Center. Please give this program a chance, but take your time in uninstalling the old components and installing the new ones between restarts. Failure to remove the old programs is the number 1 reason for installation difficulties with Systemworks 2006. Enjoy. -Michael Ditkowsky

Not of the caliper it used to be.
Norton Utilities, now known as Norton SystemWorks, used to be a great package. In the last few years, it has gotten extremely bloated. At Home, I use another package for this reason. At work we have faster processor computers with more memory than my computer at home does. However, each installation of Norton seems to be worse than the previous.

First, don't bother using Norton GoBack at all if you've got Windows XP. It doesn't do much more than Windows XP System Restore, and it seriously bogs down your system on start-up. For example: One computer we literally would hit Ctrl-Shift-ESC and it took 30 seconds for the Task Manager to come up. Uninstalling the GoBack part of Norton, and the system was back to regular speed. A second computer, the login took 5 minutes (no exaggeration), upon uninstalling GoBack, the login took 1 minute.

The anti-spyware portion doesn't pick up much, either. I pick up several items with Adaware and Spybot that Norton won't pick up.

Speed Disk and the System Cleanup tools still work nicely. Mostly everything else is useless or just slows down your system to the point of making it pretty slow and useless, which defeats the whole purpose of owning a computer optimizing tool.