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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Hi folks,<BR>
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I wanted to follow up with everyone on the list regarding the two problems I shared recently.<BR>
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First, many thanks to those of you who hit me off-line with ideas, especially Peter Carras and Dick Henderson, who wrote me several times and shared great ideas on my Norton/Symantec problem.<BR>
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I am still working on the Windows problem, but here is what I learned on Norton/Symantec:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Apparently, because I am a long-time Mac user and migrated user accounts from a PowerPc machine to Intel along the way, remnants of Norton/Symantec programs (SystemWorks and NAV) remained “buried” in my Library and System folders.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>For some strange reason, while transferring my user accounts to my latest Intel machine using FireWire (as I have done several times in the past), some of these random elements were “turned on” once again.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Running Norton uninstallers DID NOT remove the random elements.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>These files WERE NOT seen by Spotlight.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Using a Console log, I identified some of the pieces.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Ultimately, I had to go through Library and System carefully to remove some folders and files. I DO NOT like opening the hood of my Mac and ripping off random pieces of the engine, but that’s essentially what it came down to in the end.<BR>
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I will report later on my Windows conversion experience (see below).<BR>
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As an aside, I think there’s consensus on the list that the latest Jobs announcement was not a big deal, but I must tell you I was calling Apple support in the last few days following the announcement and have experienced something I have never have before with regard to call volume — not a long wait time, but complete DISCONNECTION on multiple occasions. Very strange.<BR>
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In any case, with all the help I got, I have to say that once again, the value of this list and the people on it has been personally demonstrated to me. Thanks for your help, everyone.<BR>
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Paul<BR>
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On 9/8/08 8:06 PM, "Paul Furiga" <paul.furiga@wordwritepr.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Hi folks,<BR>
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As I have several times before, I just migrated all my data from a previous Mac to my newest. All went well, except for two strange (and right now, seemingly minor) problems. Any advice most appreciated!<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><OL><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Windows, which was installed on my previous machine (a MacBook with the Intel chip of course), went into a folder called “Files from . . . “ and appears no longer to be operational. I have not “experimented” to see why this is the case for fear of mucking something up. I have AppleCare and can certainly call them but thought I’d try the list first. See attached image I “grabbed.”
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Another problem that’s reared its head — every time I plug in my jump drive or iPod, a virus scan program starts up. It seems to me to be some lost remnant of some version of a Norton program, but I cannot find it anywhere on my machine and I am reluctant to start hacking and whacking at preference files and such. Nothing in applications, nothing pops under recent items when it runs — nothing in system preferences. VERY strange. Image also attached.<BR>
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Guidance on either of these most appreciated!<BR>
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Paul<BR>
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