What is Norton SystemWorks?
Norton SystemWorks is a software suite that helps you fine-tune your PC’s performance. It has modules that detect faults before they become critical (and you lose data). To put it in more expressive language, it is the Grand Dad of all Computer Maintenance solutions and has a history that dates back to the days of DOS and the PC-XT with 640 KB of RAM and a 20 MB Hard Disk! What Norton SystemWorks does – and does very well, is to optimize your PC’s settings, be it your Hard Disk or Windows’ Registry. What it DOES NOT do is to ward off Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Rootkits or Spyware – for these features, you need to look at Norton 360, Norton Internet Security or Norton AntiVirus. What is the history of Norton SystemWorks? Norton SystemWorks is, if anything, even older than the first Virus! Earlier called Norton Utilities, it was an integral part of every savvy PC Owner’s arsenal, in the fight against Hardware and Hard Disk problems. The company was then called Peter Norton Computing Inc. (
