Seems strange that they would go to the trouble of creating a defragmenting
program if one were not even needed, and then to include that program in
every version of windows since Windows 3.x

I just ran the Norton defrag again, got to 97% and took 2 hrs and 50 minutes.

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I recently installed Zone Alarm Pro (though I'm far from happy with it);
before that I had no firewall. I don't defrag. Well, I did once even though
Windows assured me it wasn't necessary. I've got an 80 GB drive only a
quarter full, so not much fragmentation.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in message
...
If that is so, I assume you use the Windows defragger. It is the NSW
System
Doctor that is driving me nuts. In the past it was no problem and always
did
a 100% defrag. Now, after doing a 3+ hour long defrag the best I was
getting
was a 97% defrag and it is alarmed at 95%. Hours after the defrag, the
alarm
was red again and under 95%.

In the past, the clusters were in different colored blocks which
supposedly
told you what they were and how often they were used. Now every defragged
cluster is blue meaning that every file on my system is frequently used.
DUH!

In the past, below the defragged clusters there would only be a few
unmovable items. Last night I finally got a 100% defrag, but there were
dozens and dozens of used "grey" clusters below the defragged clusters. I
decided to run it again and when it was done - just half an hour ago - I
was
at 92% defragged.

If you only use NAV, what firewall do you use?

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have limited my use of Symantec software to NAV (*without* the Office
Plug-in) and have been well-satisfied with that. Perhaps I should knock
on
wood before saying that it seems to run (including automatic updates)
with
as little disruption as possible, and I'm happy with it (unlike my
husband,
who had nothing but trouble with its insistence on trying to phone home
every time he booted up, whether he had an active connection or not),
but I
know that, as in all things computer, YMMV.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in message
news I already used the automated assistant and it checked my system. It
found
I
had removed a file from my startup that NSW requires. I reselected
that
item
for startup, but it didn't help the problem. As I said earlier their
Knowledge Base is bleak. As for e-mail, there is an opportunity to
tell
them
about problems, but they do not respond to those e-mails, they only
collect
info. The other e-mail offer is to presend your problem details and
get a
control number prior to making a $30 phone call for support. After
more
than
10 years with Norton, I am thinking of moving on.

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It appears that Symantec doesn't have any discussion groups, but its
support
options include an automated assistant, a knowledge base, and, if
those
fail, email assistance.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in message
...
The problem I am having is with Norton System Works 2005's System
Doctor.
I
searched Google Groups for Symantec System Doctor and found ONE
string
that
seemed similar to my problem. After clicking on 5 or 6 broken
links I
looked
closer and saw that the string was from 1998.

I then searched for Norton System Works 2005. It showed me
HUNDREDS
of
places to buy the software but nary a hint of support issues.

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you read a newsgroup (NG) using a newreader such as Outlook
Express,
you are using NNTP, the native format of Usenet NGs. Some
companies,
such as
Microsoft, offer either their own Web forums (hosted only on
their
own
servers) or a Web interface to the NNTP NGs. Microsoft both
hosts
Usenet
NGs
(at msnews.microsoft.com) and provides an HTTP (Web) interface
(the
Communities) to access them. This is useful for users behind a
corporate
firewall that does not permit direct access to Usenet. There are
other
third-party portals such as Google Groups (one of the best) and
WordForum
(possibly one of the worst) that do much the same thing.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in message
news Usenet has many thousands of NGs...

(either NNTP NGs or Web forums)

Have no clue about the above abbreviations. By no means a
computer
novice,
I rarely venture into newsgroups. I am overjoyed to find a
seriouse
site
like this, but most are just sewers in disguise. Not even a
newsgroup,
I
just
discovered that mainstream AOL is the biggest SEWER on the
planet.

I have never used AOL but I do use their IM. Two days ago I
decided
to
check their chat rooms to ask a question about AOL AIM. I
entered
the
room
that seemed most appropriate and saw nothig but trash and was
immediately
bombarded with IM's from those within. I then hopped in and
out
of
several
other rooms of varying descriptions and all were the same. I
cannot
believe
that one single parent on the planet would allow their
children to
use
AOL
as
their ISP.

Sorry for the rant, I came here and you solved my problem in a
flash,
and
i
thank you for that.

Jack...by no means a prude, but there are limits.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Usenet has many thousands of NGs, some of which undoubtedly
pertain
to
Norton products. Whether Symantec hosts any of them (either
NNTP
NGs
or
Web
forums) I don't know.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in message
...
I have rebooted and opened word and the pdfmaker toolbar
is
intact.
Thanks
again. Is there a site like this for Norton products?
Their
knowledge
base
is bleak and I am having problems with their disk
optimizer.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you find, after you have restarted Word, that
PDFMaker.dot is
unchecked
again, then you need to make sure that the Startup
folder
it's
in is
the
one
Word is actually using (compare it to the path at Tools
|
Options |
File
Locations). If that is all correct, then the only thing
I
can
think
of
is
that some other add-in is unloading it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in
message

...
Is PDFMaker.dot listed under Tools | Templates and
Add-ins?

But of course it is.

If so, is it checked?

But of course it wasn't. Thank you so much, the
toolbar
is
back,
but
I
have
no idea what I did to lose them in the first place.
Again,
thank
you
Suzanne.

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is PDFMaker.dot listed under Tools | Templates and
Add-ins?
If
so,
is it
checked? I'm not clear why it would not be loading
if
it's
in
the
Office
Startup folder. Are you getting any messages at
startup
about
macros
being
disabled?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote in
message

...
Before posting here, I did a search for
pdfmaker.dot
and
found
it
at:

C:\program files\adobe\acrobat6.0\pdfmaker.dot
C:\program files\microsoft
office\office10\startup\pdfmaker.dot
C:\program files\microsoft
office\office11\startup\pdfmaker.dot

It was also under My Computer twice and there were
two
shortcuts
to
it.

Right clicking on any of the Word toolbars
produces a
list
that
does
not
include pdfmaker.dot If I look at a list of .doc
files to
open
and
right
click on a file, I do see the option to convert to
PDF,
but
the
PDF
toolbar
is no where to be found.

Jack

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You should have the toolbar provided you have
PDFMaker.dot
in
the
Word
or
Office Startup folder. Right-click on any
toolbar
and
select
PDFMaker
6.0
from the list. Word *should* continue to display
the
toolbar
the
next
time
you start up if it is displayed when you quit
Word,
though
sometimes
getting
Word to save its settings is difficult.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (
Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jack*" wrote
in
message

...
I guess I am looking for the opposite here.
After
installing
AA
6.0,
I
did
have the PDF toolbar in word, but one day it
just
disappeared,
and
I
used
it
enough to want to keep it. Now I can't find a
way
to
restore
it.
How
do
I
do that?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"duvalte"

wrote
in
message

...
Word 2003 and Adobe Acrobat 6.0
I close the PDFMaker toolbar, but it comes
back up
when I
switch
between
documents or when I open a new one.