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(More customer reviews)I used Norton SystemWorks 2003 and was pleased with it. The product did a good job of diagnosing common problems like erroneous Windows Registry errors, cleaning temporary files, fixing basic hard disk errors and so on. Norton discontinued support for the product.
I had installed Norton Internet Security 2008 (NIS) basically for anti-virus and firewall protection. Great way to slow your fast computer to a crawl. NIS does not offer any kind of diagnostic features.
Man, let me tell you: Symantec must higher only programmers who promise to write 100 lines of code where one will do. It took a full half-hour for Norton SystemWorks Basic to load. That's about half the time it takes to do a full install of Windows XP Pro.
The first run of SystemWorks Basic took a half-hour on an 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU - and hogged all the resources. Not very impressive. In fact, downright awful.
The functionality of the program has been badly impaired. Of some 30,000 temporary files (this computer had recently been rebuilt), Norton SystemWorks could not remove almost half of them - - - and helpfully suggested that I right-click each one and click an ignore checkbox. On nearly 15,000 files? Yeah. Sure. Any day now.
The product is definitely overpriced. Symantec seems to be chasing profits, not concentrating on product quality. Unfortunately, I don't know of any viable replacement. Iolo Sytem's Hard Disk Mechanic's current version has been widely panned.
I definitely do not recommend this product, but if you want this kind of capability in a commercial product, it may be your only choice.
Jerry
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Enhance your computer's performance with Norton SystemWorks Basic Edition. This system-boosting solution solves many PC problems, keeping your computer healthy and running at peak performance. Norton SystemWorks automatically diagnoses and fixes hard drive errors, removes unwanted Internet clutter such as cookies and Web files, and allows you to optimize your Windows settings from a single screen. It's also a powerful partner to Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus, and other security software.
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