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by brian 1 view

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I have 30 computer Dell lab with no server. I have all the students logon on with user permissions on Windoews XP Prof. Norton AnTivirus 2003 will not run automatic live update when logged on with just user permissions. According to Symantec's article at http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/7dd97d1ba459d3d588256b9f0065c7bb/307a18dca14d6c75852569af006a3a70?OpenDocument&prod=&ver=&src=&pcode=&svy=&csm=no
Does anyone have any work arounds for running automatic live update with only user permissions.

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by sgt_shultz

if they will let you buy Norton Anti-virus corporate edition, you can have everybody update from a local server....what about writing a login script that copies the updates from a place on the network to which you've manually uploaded them...lame I guess.
maybe it's only the NAV registry permissions that need to change to allow user access. have you tried that...

by Former member

Symantec Corporate is the way to go, for several reasons:

The client PC's check for updates on your central server a regular intervals (every 60 seconds, I think). This has the advantage that when some nasty fast spreading virus shows up, you can grab the interim live updates, slap them on the server, and have your clients updates in a matter of a couple minutes.

The Central server also gives you an easy way to check the version of updates on all the computers, as well as tracking of viral activity, and the ability to enforce policies, so end users don't uninstall or disable the antivirus software.

Additionally you can have the server email,page or otherwise notify you of a virus outbreak. This makes it much easier to stay on top of things.

by Former member

Oh Yeah,

Symantec will most likely give you a price break on the licences. I'd check with them on that if I were you.

by mark

Definitely SAV Corporate Edition for this setting. The price should be less than NAV 2003 and it won't technically expire (honor system). Renewals are about $15 per seat per year. You will have to find a reseller to get more than 5 seats. If you can't find one, email me and I'll order it for you. Also the overhead on the software is much lower, making your systems run faster.

by pam_m

This isn't an answer but a kink in the ones that are given.
We use Norton Antivirus Corp Edition and in order for the computer to update the pattern files for Norton, the users logged into the system need Admin rights to the PC. This is what we have found, is there something we are missing that would allow us to remove the users as admins?

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