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For those who don't want the bloat that comes with Nero 7, check this out:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=69886

The author of this installer also fixed the problem with Nero 7's mp3 decoder which causes songs on audio CDs to skip.

Edit: If you are having trouble uninstalling Nero 7, download the Nero cleaner utilities.

Apple, you kick ass!

They're actually embracing the ability to dual-boot to Windows XP!

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

This isn't a timely post by any means, but I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of it. One of the Norton updates from 2006/03/15 causes AOL to disconnect immediately after connecting. The remedy is to temporarily disable Internet Worm Protection, get online, and run LiveUpdate to get the new version of Internet Worm Protection.

Source: Symantec.com KB

Symantec sucks.

SymNRT.exe is no more — Symantec has opted to instead install LiveUpdate on your system using ActiveX via Internet Explorer in order to remove Norton/Symantec products. What? Besides their continued effort to shovel more crapware in each successive version of Norton/Symantec products, this is the worst thing they have ever done.

Sure, IE may not work at all because of a broken NIS installation, but that's okay, I can always remove it using this ActiveX control. No, wait…

See also: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

If anyone has a newer version of SymNRT than 2006.2.10.19, please let me know. I'm also patiently awaiting third-party removal tools following this debacle. Once my copy of 2006.2.10.19 expires, I'm up shit creek — with ActiveX paddles.

EDIT: Okay, I didn't notice the "What if this did not work?" link at the bottom, where you can still get SymNRT. *Whew*. Thanks "Mike" for bringing that to my attention.

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