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Ye olde Blue Screen of Death is back – this time, a bad Symantec update is to blame
The Register ^ | Oct 15, 2019 | Tim Anderson

Posted on 10/15/2019 1:58:53 PM PDT by dayglored

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To: Salamander

A couple of utilities I’ve had good success with are CC Cleaner and System Mechanic.


21 posted on 10/15/2019 4:26:04 PM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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To: wally_bert

Thank you.

I’ll try anything.

One of these days I’ll get up the nerve to tear apart my beloved deceased Alienware 18 and try to get it running again.

Sending this POS as a “replacement” was a cruel joke.


22 posted on 10/15/2019 4:32:24 PM PDT by Salamander (Is A Dream A Lie If It DonÂ’t Come True...Or Is It Something Worse?)
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To: Ingtar
Most of the major problems I have run into in recent years come from Symantec.

Back in the day, Norton Utilities (the original ones, from Norton) were awesome. After Norton sold out to Symantec, the suck commenced, and never improved so far as I can see.

23 posted on 10/15/2019 5:19:46 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: ducttape45; All

McAfee / Norton / Symantec ARE viruses.


24 posted on 10/16/2019 12:40:10 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: wally_bert

Tell me about it, I deal with it all the time cuz that’s the software the federal government uses. Totally useless and constantly causes problems. Many people tried to tell them to no avail.


25 posted on 10/16/2019 3:04:31 AM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Salamander

Do you have an adblocker installed question mark


26 posted on 10/16/2019 5:14:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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Yup


27 posted on 10/16/2019 12:10:40 PM PDT by Salamander (Is A Dream A Lie If It DonÂ’t Come True...Or Is It Something Worse?)
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To: ducttape45

We have Sophos at work. Caused a major blow out after some WU loaded. Can’t remember the KBs. could have been caught in time but they promoted this inept woman to helpdesk who knows NOTHING about computers and she was getting these calls the afternoon before. Failed to put two and two together.

i was on call and got a call at 1 a.m. from the county lockup saying all the workstations were frozen. Had to get the upper echelon of sys admins to reverse course on the WSUS. Something i managed earlier but it was taken away from me although everything went smoothly for over 3 years.


28 posted on 10/16/2019 4:15:53 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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