"reinhold" wrote in message
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I want to elaborate on the successful conclusion of this problem. I had an
unused version of Symantec in the computer, and even though it was not in
use, it asked to perform a virus scan but was unable to do it. I did a
removal of the program through Vista Program removal, and then also did a
registry clean to remove any further reference to it. After doing that,
All
of the Office products work fine. The original problem was most pronounced
in
Word and Excel. Originally these programs had been working OK, but for
some
reason the Symantec Program started performing this virus scan request. I
use
AVG 8.5 as the anti virus and it seems to work fine. The computer has been
in
operation for more than a month since the repair and continues to work
Fine!!!!!


.... proving once again my unfounded assertion that Norton is itself
basically just a virus.


(In the interest of full disclosure)
I recently bought Norton Ghost, but did not install any of the other options
that are included on the CD. I hate Norton and McAfee because they are all
but impossible to remove without digging into the Registry to edit keys.