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Why does Norton GoBack Suck!

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:angry: :angry: :angry: My dad has set Norton GoBack to restore the computer every night therefore getting rid of things I did the previous day...I know you can restore what you did but I don't see the point of having to ask my dad to restore things I have lost...It sounds pathetic but I was wondering if anyone else hates this piece of software. :angry: :angry: :angry:

I use to trust Norton but now it's just ****

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Grand Master

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Mentor: LOOK - everyone has answered you. The product is doing what your dad has set it to do. The product is not at fault, but the settings that your dad has applied are massively over the top.

Speak to him, nobody here can really help any further than this!

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coyotewrw

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  Mentor666 said:
Yea its set by my dad to do that but it cant be good for the computer [n me for that matter :p ] i know it sounds stupid...but isnt GoBack there for emergencies

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I agree. The oinly instance I've ever seen where nightly restoration is needed is in the classroom, where we'd want the computers back to their original state for the next group of students. But even then it's far easier to do a batch image restore from the server.

Otherwise, you just need a good backup program for your personal files and a disk imaging program to recover from a complete system crash.

XP's default System Restore has so far been pretty reliable for me if I just need to recover from a crap program that's messed me up, like a certain codec pack I installed a couple of weeks ago. But that's only because I was too lazy to install it via Ashampoo Uninstaller.

The problem is that Symantic has a huge advertising budget that allows them to net the newbies who read PC Mag and PC World, scaring them into thinking they need all that unnecessary crap.

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  njlouch said:
Mentor: LOOK - everyone has answered you.  The product is doing what your dad has set it to do.  The product is not at fault, but the settings that your dad has applied are massively over the top.

Speak to him, nobody here can really help any further than this!

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wow man chill...jeez

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Mentor666

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  dolimite35 said:
This whole thread is wrong, you should be mad at your dad, Norton is doing what he set it to. Go talk to him about it, what is a thread + poll going to do but waste time.

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the thread + poll is me trying to find out who else hates this product and others by Norton

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Doli

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  Mentor666 said:
the thread + poll is me trying to find out who else hates this product and others by Norton

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its just strange, why do you hate it its working. Its not working in your favor because of the settings your dad wanted.

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Norton GoBack is Great!

Im using Norton System Works Premier Edition 2005 and It is Fantastic!

Everytime i have a Problem with Windows etc, use Norton Goback and It is Fixed!

Windows System Restore Sucks though, that Never Works! :crazy:

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  Peewee210 said:
Norton GoBack is Great!

Im using Norton System Works Premier Edition 2005 and It is Fantastic!

Everytime i have a Problem with Windows etc, use Norton Goback and It is Fixed!

Windows System Restore Sucks though, that Never Works! :crazy:

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Yeah. System Restore sucks. The first thing I do is disable it.

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  dolimite35 said:
its just strange, why do you hate it its working. Its not working in your favor because of the settings your dad wanted.

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yes you are right, i hate it because it's not working for me, but every night is a bit extreme, i doubt my dad knows since he never goes on this computer since he put GoBack on, just uses his laptop now [fishy]

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coyotewrw

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  njlouch said:
Mentor: LOOK - everyone has answered you.  The product is doing what your dad has set it to do.  The product is not at fault, but the settings that your dad has applied are massively over the top.

Speak to him, nobody here can really help any further than this!

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  dolimite35 said:
This whole thread is wrong, you should be mad at your dad, Norton is doing what he set it to. Go talk to him about it, what is a thread + poll going to do but waste time.

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While I agree that Mentor666 could have done a better job in how he posed his issue, and in fact it does appear that the fault in this case isn't the software, I disagree that this thread is a waste of time. Isn't discussion what forums are for? This one seems to be pretty lively and informative, imho.

For one thing, it's interesting how many Neowin members (who tend to be a bit more informed than the average user) don't like Symantic, considering the popularity of their products. For another, I've learned about the Acronis products, which seem to be viable alternatives to Symantic's products.

Personally, if I don't find a thread useful to me I just move on to the next one. It's not like it's hurting anything, right?

Mentor666, please don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps in the future you might just state the problem and ask for help, rather than pointing a finger until you know for sure where the fault lies. I'm not trying to moderate you, just trying to help you get your answers faster so you can get back up and running.

Peace :)

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Doli

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  Mentor666 said:
yes you are right, i hate it because it's not working for me, but every night is a bit extreme, i doubt my dad knows since he never goes on this computer since he put GoBack on, just uses his laptop now [fishy]

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turn off the PC at night so the restore doesnt happen :D

Im not the type of person to go behind someones back (because its not your computer) but making this shortcut:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 3600

will shut down the computer in an hour (3600 seconds = 1 hour), add more time by changing the 3600 value if you want to be sneeky :ninja:

but the best way is still talking to your dad

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  coyotewrw said:
Mentor666, please don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps in the future you might just state the problem and ask for help, rather than pointing a finger until you know for sure where the fault lies. I'm not trying to moderate you, just trying to help you get your answers faster so you can get back up and running.

Peace :)

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no offence taken, i respect peoples views

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turn off the PC at night so the restore doesnt happen

I dont know if my dad made GoBack Restore on Restart and i dont want to try it right now just in case he has

thanks for all your responses

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To quote you from the thread *you* created over HERE

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The two worst things i can think of is when 1) I tried customizing my computers theme entirely and it messed up the .dll's so i had to re-install XP and this resulted in all my dad's work being wiped.  2) Trying to install iPodLinux onto my iPod...i didnt back everything up and i didnt know my iPod was 4generation...this brought bad news AGAIN...it wiped ALL my COURSEWORK off my iPod...and i had to back up the firmware...if i hadnt backed the firmware i dont know where i would be right now.

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I think we can all see why your dad has Norton GoBack set to restore the computer every night!

:woot: :p :yes: :rofl: :rofl:

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  Big_Daddy said:
To quote you from the thread *you* created over HERE

I think we can all see why your dad has Norton GoBack set to restore the computer every night!

:woot:  :p  :yes:  :rofl:  :rofl:

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LOL touche, that may be one of the reasons, i did that ages ago before he got GoBack

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