Quick Rant about Adobe and Norton Security Scan in Off Topic

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Jan 31 2009, 8:29 am
Keywords: adobe, norton, scan, security
I got a new computer two days ago. Finally something I can run to my speed, 6 gigs compared to the 200 MB I had. Anyway, I recently installed the CS4 Master Suite and it automatically does everything - what I didn't know, is that it also installs Norton Security Scan. Which, I wouldn't mind if every time I uninstalled it and restarted, guess who was back in? It was rather frustrating at first.

Kept googling things, and if you google, "Norton won't uninstall" you get spammed with a crap load of other people.

In the end, I found out you can't auto-install Adobe Shockwave, because it'll automatically put it, and every time you restart it'll be on your desktop. Anyway, after lots of research - lesson learned.

Don't auto-install Adobe Master Suite without disabling Shockwave then manually installing it.
#1 Jan 31 2009, 9:17 am
I have never tried this but maybe something like this could help you.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/ index.php/t42247.html
#2 Jan 31 2009, 10:30 am
I'm not surprised that Adobe would pull something like that, since they already completed diabolical step #1: gigantic, bulky, clunky programs to do some simple operations that others can fit into a handful of megs. It's only logical that step #2 involves forcing programs on you that you neither wanted at the time nor were aware the installer was sticking on your drive.

Also what? Six gigs... of hard drive space? I have a PC from 2004 with 80. If you mean six gigs of RAM then that's pretty sweet... but I also wasn't aware that manufacturers stuck six slots on the motherboard for RAM sticks (or that there were RAM sticks available in greater than one gig increments, whichever is applicable).
#3 Jan 31 2009, 10:39 am
Mobius Evalon wrote:
I'm not surprised that Adobe would pull something like that, since they already completed diabolical step #1: gigantic, bulky, clunky programs to do some simple operations that others can fit into a handful of megs. It's only logical that step #2 involves forcing programs on you that you neither wanted at the time nor were aware the installer was sticking on your drive.

Also what? Six gigs... of hard drive space? I have a PC from 2004 with 80. If you mean six gigs of RAM then that's pretty sweet... but I also wasn't aware that manufacturers stuck six slots on the motherboard for RAM sticks (or that there were RAM sticks available in greater than one gig increments, whichever is applicable).

I meant of RAM. 200MBs in a HDD.....i don't think that's even possible - and if it is, I don't want to think about it.

And no, most motherboards have 4 slots for RAM. Cause they do sell them 1-2 Gigs a stick. Possibly more, but I think that'd be more for server motherboards which can hold between 16 gigs max and 32(that'd be one hell of a gaming pc).
#4 Jan 31 2009, 10:55 am (Edited on Jan 31 2009, 11:02 am)
CodingSkillz2 wrote:
Possibly more, but I think that'd be more for server motherboards which can hold between 16 gigs max and 32(that'd be one hell of a gaming pc).

I don't think your OS would be able to handle that many :P. A 64 bit OS can only handle or use or whatever 8 GB, to my knowledge. If you only have a 32 bit OS, then you have 2 GB of RAM going to waste :P.

EDIT: I had a feeling I may be wrong about the 8 GB thing, and I was. A 64 bit processor can hold insane amounts of RAM, far beyond what anyone will need for a long time.