norton sys works to have or not or have ?

[fender62]

i have norton system works 2003 i have it installed on an xp pro system
i have a thought is it really necessary to use as you have a restore on xp pro
etc. and does sys works hog memory cpu etc. is it worth using i have on another system just zonealarm and avast antivirus installed what does everyone else think of norton to have or not to have installed your thoughts plz

 

[Duracell]

i'm quite happy with NIS2002;
never had problems with it; even i found out how to implement a few personally rules to use WhereIsIt's CDDB feature hazardless (thanks to Poko);
tried 2003 and 2004 too, but i don't need their extra features and their startup problems;
2002 is not outdated because it uses and gets the same scan engines like 2003 and 2004 via LiveUpdate;

i have 1024MB RAM installed and use W2k instead of XP, so i don't have to worry about resource hogs;


Greetings from
Duracell

 

[banzibaby]

The System works part (not NAV) doesnt use too many resources, but NAV does, depending on how U configure it, U will notice things gettin a bit sluggish at times

I find Tune-Up Utilities to be a great replacement for Sysworks, doesnt have all the features (A/V, Speedisk, GoBack) but it is smaller & does a much better job & doesnt clog up the registry with crud

BaNzI

 

[fender62]

thanks for reply