Norton System Works
This is a complete collection of essential system utilities that'll save the life of your computer.
For most midlevel and professional computer users; we have all suffered the loss of our hard drives to crashes and computer viruses and what not. It doesn't matter how many times you back up your computer, or even run maintenance, you always seem to do everything right; but no matter the out come something always goes wrong.
At some point your system is going to encounter problems. But Norton System Works puts them off for as long as possible, giving you full protection over your e-mail, messengers and hard drives.
Now for most users they feel that Commercial antivirus and firewalls are a waste of money as there are so many free Virus applications out there, so the first thing that comes to your mind is 'Symantec' is trying to steer you away from free applications such as AVG and Zone Alarm. It has become a major battle between users to, whether or not buying a package off the shelf is really the best way of keeping safe.
Norton Antivirus does what other virus protection software does; and it may be considered better or worse by some users. But Norton Antivirus still does a very comprehensive job of scanning for and removing those Viruses and Trojans.
Norton Antivirus System Works, cuts down the job of tracking down, spyware and other malicious threats that can harm your computer, broadening it's network as a global warning communication center.
The majority of users were pulling away from Norton Antivirus products, as past experiences and high recommendations fell short in expectations. System Works is really made the Norton name mean something, as Norton Utilities, Norton Ghost and other essential tools are unlike anything else on the market.
There is another partner that has helped Norton Antivirus, stay alive and it was a great move by Norton Antivirus Inc, to team up with GoBack. As their program GoBack gives you a safety net when using your computer.
When things go wrong, or you accidentally overwrite a very important file or document, or the all to popular Windows Update that downloads a new driver brings your system down or to a halt, you can simply hit a key on your keyboard during boot-up and reverse or undo what you accidentally did.
GoBack is a better system than the built-in Windows XP System Restore, as it allows you to create virtual drives from any automatically saved point. It comes with full support for password protection to prevent your settings from being changed.
Norton Ghost is also added to Norton System Works, which allows you to regularly back-up all your data to drive partitions or fixed media, and making it possible to roll back the entire ghosted image in one easy step.
Using Norton Ghost for all your automated back-ups frees up all your time, and prevents you also from not remembering to do it. Norton Ghost also supports live imaging, means that you don't have to keep rebooting just to do a back-up. This is very useful for the new computer owner, ensuring that you can always reset your machine back to factory conditions, fully complete with all the software and settings with out pulling out all the OEM, Software disks.
The Norton Utilities cover the majority of programs to fix and optimize your hard drive and system programs; this improving your computers performance and most of all system life, with the ability of their one-click wizards you can automatically clean up your temporary files, history files and internet browser cookies.
The most advanced tools that Norton System Works has added are, Speed Disk which works far better then the Windows default defragmenter.
Norton Disk Doctor replaces the not so popular Scandisk, for monitoring your system for any integrity related problems, like corrupted system files or moved or misplaced system files, giving you the ability to correct and overwrite any damaged file and backing up the system registry.
Win Doctor allows the user to run tests and full diagnostics for fixing Microsoft Windows problems that arise, while System Doctor scans and monitors your computer functions such as system integrity and your PC's network throughput.
Norton System Works also includes the popular un-erase Wizard to recover files you may have accidentally deleted, this is great tool especially if you have kids or other members in your house hold all using the same computer as you can recover them safely as if they where never deleted.
Norton System Works is a must-have for the day-to-day computer users; the System Works suite is the best utility on the market for protection and system monitoring. With Antivirus, GoBack and Ghost it's worth the investment, making Norton System Utilities a collection for your software.