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SystemWorks 2001 Outperforms Windows ME, Windows 2000 Utilities.


Symantec claims that Norton System Works 2001 outperformed Windows Millennium and Windows 2000 utilities in independent analyses performed by eTesting Labs, specialists in Internet and technology testing (to view the final report visit http://cqi.zdnet.comlslink?58365).

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 the e Testing Labs report, Norton System Works 2001 offers ease of use, automation, and power, optimal virus protection, problem-solving, system maintenance, and PC diagnostics to Windows Millennium and Windows 2000 users of all levels of expertise. Reviewers tested both Norton System Works 2001 and Norton System Works 2001 Professional Edition on Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium systems Millennium Systems Inc is an American multinational computer webhosting provider headquartered in Irvine, California. Founded in 1999, Millennium Systems specializes in server colocation, domain registration, and offsite data backup. . Norton System Works 2001 includes Norton Anti Virus 2001, Norton Utilities Widely used utility programs for Windows and Macintosh from Symantec. Used to fix problems and fine tune the machine, they include functions to restore deleted files, diagnose the disk for corrupted data, defragment the disk and clean up and track changes to the Registry.  2001, Norton CleanSweep 2001, and convenient links to Symantee Web Partners and Norton Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. .

The Professional Edition adds Norton Ghost 2001 and WinFax 10.0 Basic. Edition. In addition to evaluating individual utilities, eTesting Labs also-analyzed overall installation, updating; and registration of the integrated suite, and gauged its impact on system performance. The report noted that the installation was fast and that updates and registration were automated and seamless. Norton System Works 2001 resulted in minimal performance hits with all components running in the background. The test showed 8.9 per cent on Windows Millennium system Millennium system Dentistry An erbium laser system that uses high-speed water particles to cut hard and soft tissues, as an alternative to a conventional dental drill and surgical scalpel. See Dentistry.  and 8:3 per cent on a Windows 2000 PC.

According to the report, Norton System Works 2001 offers many utilities, including Speed Disk, System Doctor; Disk Doctor, WinDoctor, CleanSweep, and UnErase/Norton Protection, that are either not part of Windows 2000 and/or Windows Millennium or are more comprehensive than those included with Microsoft's latest operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. .

"We found that optimising with Speed Disk returned performance levels to virtually the same levels measured at the baseline providing more flexibility and greater control of the process that the defragmentation See defragment.  tools in Windows. Millennium and Windows 2000."

After referring to System Doctor as an essential tool for the professional, the experienced user, and the beginner, the report singled out the capabilities of Norton Disk Doctor and WinDoctor.

"Norton Disk Doctor has been around a long time and provides additional customisation options and better reporting features than Windows Millennium's ScanDisk. Windows 2000 does not provide a comparable utility. Norton WinDoctor identifies and fixes problems with the Windows registry The Windows registry is a directory which stores settings and options for the operating system for Microsoft Windows 32-bit versions, 64-bit versions and Windows Mobile. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system , system files, and software applications. Neither Windows Millennium nor Windows 2000 has a comparable utility to check for these types of problems."
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 2000
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