Symantec's net spans over a large area of system maintenance and security suites. The Norton Utilities suite is designed to keep your system in check Installation, registering and updating of the suite takes place in one single go. The design of the interface is clean and very simple to use for anybody who hasn't seen any of the recent Norton applications.

One of the interesting features is the custom search wizard that lets you create your own scan to check and delete scattered and empty folders. Another great feature is the service manager, which lets you choose from two service presets. orton can turn off the services not needed to save memory.

Making changes to the startup applications list is also possible for all other users. This is something that people can do through the Windows Registry,but Norton Utilities makes it less complicated. Other than these, the typical set of registry and folder cleaning features are available along with application history clearing. Support for third-party applications and even browsers such as Firefox and Opera are present.

There's even an in-built performance test that can be useful to check any performance difference before and after a complete system cleanup. The help file is a very basic qUicksLart guide, and more detailed documentation is available as a PDF file on the disk, but that lacks any images to explain the steps.

The application only uses around 15 to 16 MB of RAM while running. Unlike antivirus software, Norton Utilities doesn't run all the time, except if you want it to constantly monitor the registry for any changes being made to it.

The pricing is average and with regular updates, this can be a nice utility to have around especially if you're the type of person who installs and uninstalls software very often.

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