Hi Celestra, I think Norton is an awesome range of software but it's only failing is that it's just too damn good.. I eventually gave up using it just before I switched to vista as it was just too intrusive for a semi-gaming pc.. If I ever wanted to just run a office pc, thats the software I would use but for gaming it eats up far too many resources.. Your own experience just goes to show that even it's own software is fare game!