Norton Anti Virus wont start when Windows boots.

[Disillusion]

Just istalled NAV 2006 on my older PC and it's not wanting to start when windows starts. I have tried reinstalling it and messing with the configurations, but it still wont start with windows. I have to go through the start menu and actually open it after windows boots. Whats wrong with it?

 

[Osiris]

drag the icon to the startup folder

 

[Apokalipse]

IMO that's a good thing. Norton is a resource hog

 

[time_come_back]

Option ---> Auto-Protect ---> Start Auto-Protect when Windows start up

 

[EricB]

IMO that's a good thing. Norton is a resource hog

I'm with you

 

[Disillusion]

IMO that's a good thing. Norton is a resource hog

The auto protect isn't going to work to well without Norton running though.

Put it in the start menu folder and it opens the program, but it opens the main window too. Pretty annoying to have to close all the time.

In the options, I set it up to start at startup. Still not working.

 

[time_come_back]

Have you checked "Start Auto protect when Windows startup" ???

 

[Disillusion]

Have you checked "Start Auto protect when Windows startup" ???

Like I said above, yes.

 

[Alvin.C]

Re:

Hello,

I would check to see if the service exists or is enabled on your system...

...go to the System Configuration Utility (MSCONFIG in Run) > then click on the Services tab > then look for the service Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Service to see if it exists. Listing them in ascending order might help you.

If it exists, verfiy that the service is enabled. If it's disabled, enable it and restart.

If it doesn't exist, then I would try uninstalling it again, but instead using SymNRT, obtainable here with instructions: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&src=&docid=2004020314035036&nsf=tsgeninfo.nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=&seg=.

It may be that some files may have been left over after a previous installation of Norton, and not removed or overwritten properly.