blogbeams coming soon to this site – via SplashCast

Just did my first SplashCast and will be adding my blogbeams channel here, soon.

In the meantime, more about the Nortons: Big bad Norton360 gave me agita today, when he flashed his red ENGINE ERROR warning each time I went to a website. Then he rejected Yahoo Mail, for certificate fraud. Seriously? Yahoo Mail?

I went to Help and I went to Support. Searches yielded nothing useful. So, I tried the tried and true. I shut the damn thing off. The computer, that is. Not Norton. Then I had some Reeses peanut butter cups, turned it back on. Everything was fine. Totally nuts.

Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again. This will be my final techrant. If you want more, go to techblogtalk. See the blogroll.

My next post will cover an eventful trip to Borders, and how I shaved another few days off my lifespan, because of it.

   

Nortons Shake Hands?

I recently installed a new Norton360 Security Suite. Not a download; bought the software. My old Norton was expiring. I got the big fancy new Norton, and expected the new guy to go in, shake hands with old Norton, sit down and sort things out. I guess that’s what they did. I’ve written more about this in Techblogtalk.   Check that out, if you want.

At any rate, I’m sick of software that has skimpy installation instructions and cryptic user info. The Norton360 is probably taking good care of me, and for that I’m happy. But CRIPES it’s also making me crazy! Warnings! Confusing alerts! Rejected email that I KNOW would be OK! And not one of these things is in ”Help.” So help me.

So, help me!

Why is it so tough? Why can’t we have straightforward installs and updates?