Norton Antivirus 2004 problem

70chevelle · Post by **70chevelle** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:14 pm

have Norton antivirus 2004 i installed it on my computer 2 bc i have to format my hd 2 and now i got a new hd and i formated and everthing, went to install norton installed it went to activate it and it says A8KEY ABUSE i'm guessing that i can't activat it no more so i tryed activation by phone put all the number in and got kicked off. so what can i do???

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:23 pm

My suggestion is to dump NAV 2004 and use NAV 2003 or AVG anti virus. To many bad reports on NAV 2004.

70chevelle · Post by **70chevelle** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:06 pm

i don't have 2003 i have 2004 and 2000, with 2003 do you have to activate for the softwear 2 work

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:28 pm

NO activation on 2003. You install it and it works for a year. Then at end of year Symantec wants $20 to continue receiving updates for another year. If you dont pay it the software will work but you wont be able to get the updates.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 6:59 pm

NAV 2002 was the BEST version they ever made, and I tell all my customers who own it to keep using it until it's no longer supported. Every version after 2002 has been a code bloated buggy P.O.S.

In 2004 they introduced WinXP-type activation (it's locked to a specific computer).

However, if you actually own 2004 and you're re-installing it on the same machine it was originally activated on, you have every right to be able to re-activate it. I would call tech support.

70chevelle · Post by **70chevelle** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:49 pm

how do i do that without paying

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 10:15 pm

how do i do that without paying

You can email tech support. They don't charge for that.

Also check out their FAQ - it's pretty extensive. Has to be a simple way to re-activate if it's installed on the same computer.