I am quite happy with NAV. It updates automatically without bothering me
(when I was on dial-up, I had it prompt me, but now that I have DSL, I just
let it do its thing), and I've never had a virus. If NAV is installed
normally, disable the Plug-in as follows:
1. Open Norton AntiVirus (right-click on the Systray icon and choose this
option).
2. Click on the Options button at the top of the dialog.
3. In the Options dialog, click on Miscellaneous (menu on the left)
4. Clear the check box for "Enable Office Plug-in."
5. OK out and close NAV.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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wrote in message ...
Sorry Graham, but I found this a bit difficult. Could you help me by
answering the exact questions that I posed in my original post? Thanks.
I've got two problems. If I encourage my edit client (author) to buy
Office,
as he has Norton's already installed on his Dell, exactly what steps
should
he take to disable the Norton plug-in (he is even less of a computer
expert
than I am -- 'the application' doesn't tell either of us *which*
application... New question: exactly what are the likely problems if he
does
not?
Second problem: Do I activate the Norton software on my laptop when it
keeps
nagging me. How long does it last before I have to activate? How much is
it
to do that?
Apart from the Office plug-in, are posters generally happy with Norton's?
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Checking of Word/Office documents can usually be deselected in Norton AV
by turning off its Office Plug-in from the application's options.
With some versions of the Norton product it may be necessary to
unregister
the calling DLL by running the following command line from Windows
Start
Run
regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton antivirus\officeav.dll"
or
regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton systemworks\norton
antivirus\officeav.dll"
Other AV apps eg the popular free ediition of Grisoft's AVG antivirus
software, require similar treatment.
In this instance:
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgoff2k.dll"
Norton AV is an application that you have to pay for. Though limited
trials are often included with PCs. Once that trial has ended you have
to
pay for the updates. If you don't want to do that, download Grisoft's
free
version of its AVG software, uninstall Norton AV and install AVF Free.
The
updates for that are available daily. Make sure that whatever AV
software
you have you update it frequently - preferably automatically.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
wrote:
Hi all
I'm going to encourage a client to buy MS Office (prob 2003 from a
box) so that he san see the edits I'm doing in Word from his
manuscript (converted from Works). This will also let him read my
schedules in Excel.
1 He already has Norton loaded on his Dell. I have read much on
here about disabling the Norton Word Plug-in. Assuming that the rest
of Norton is good, exactly how to I do this disabling?
2 Also, on my own laptop was some Norton stuff pre-loaded. The
laptop keeps nagging me that I am vulnerable so click on the Norton,
presumably to activate it. Is any payment involved? If not, how long
does it last? Have posters found Nortons to be OK generally (apart
from the plug-in)? And again, how exactly do I disable the Word
plug-in?
Thanks all.