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| Norton Utilities |
I remember back in the day when Norton
Utilities was actually written by Peter Norton. They were THE set of utilities
to have for your DOS based PC, and in many ways today, offer a great deal of
protection and peace of mind. That's why I feel that this PC based, Windows
utility package is a must have.
Norton Utilities helps your PC run like new. With them you can speed up
PC performance and boot time, fix common PC problems with a single mouse click,
reduces launch time of applications by optimizing the registry, increase
storage and performance by defragmenting and cleaning up the hard drive and of
course, recuing accidentally deleted files. It's a package that most every
Windows user should seriously consider purchasing.
Norton Disk Doctor identifies and fixes potential problems that can lead
to hard drive crashes. You can use it to save your bacon, should you start
experiencing random data errors in files you know are uncorrupted elsewhere.
Norton UnErase lets you quickly restore accidentally deleted files that may be
hidden on your hard drive, provided they space they occupy hasn't been
overwritten with other data. Norton Smart Updates keeps Norton Utilities
up-to-date by automatically installing product updates. Startup Manager
improves PC boot time by choosing which programs will load at startup time and
Norton Service Manager optimizes active Windows services so applications can
run simultaneously without your PC experiencing any slowdowns.
Pros: Awesome utilities, providing value and peace
of mind in keeping your data intact and your system running as intended.
Cons: Some components are very system intensive
Conclusion: Norton software has been known to be a bit
bloated and can be a bit of a burden on underpowered systems. Modern TSR,
dashboards and sidebar widgets are known to be memory hogs and system
intensive. Items like Speed Disk work very well, but don't work well with
SSD's, as defragging them can lead to device damage.
