I don't know about McAfee specifically however I am on the beta testing for a couple of Vista Security Suites (eset and agnitum outpost) and it seems that the security architecture of Vista has required an almost complete rewrite for most of the security suites and it has left most of them well behind in production.
I have tried a few of them and they are either not compatible at all or they are so buggy that it makes them useless. One thing to make sure of is that you disabled the windows firewall before you installed it as it may be that it is clashing (and I know for a fact that a majority of them do *not* disable the Windows Firewall during installation). Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronda > Brown > Sent: Friday, 21 September 2007 12:44 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 & Vista? > > Hi WAMUGers, > > I have the latest Parallels v3-5160 and had WindowsXP running with > McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 installed, perfectly. > > I then decided to erase WindowsXP VM and install Windows Vista > Ultimate in Parallels .... yep, everything went well and Vista was > working. > It is slower than WindowsXP and is heavy on CPU and my MacBook Pro > (2.4 GHz / 3GB/ 800MHz/ 160GB HD) runs hotter. > > I then tried to install McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 in > Vista ..... oh dear .... not a good idea. > It seemed to complete it's installation and then Vista asks to be > restarted, which I did ..... then all Hell broke loose, Vista blocks > some startup items and then says it has a 'Critical Error' and will > shutdown. > But, It won't shutdown, it won't do anything .... I had to just Quit > Parallels. > > I downloaded McAfee Removal tool, but Vista would not stay working > for me to uninstall McAfee. > I eventually managed to start Vista Ultimate in Safe Mode & was able > to uninstall McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007. > > Have you heard of anyone that has been able to install & run McAfee > Internet Security Suite 2007 in Vista? > I understood it was compatible with Vista ...... On the box I notice > it does not mention Vista ;-( > I've searched and searched the Internet & McAfee's support for an > answer, to no avail. > I think there must be an update for Vista, but I'm damned if I can > locate one. > > Failing this, I guess I will have to install the 'Kaspersky Internet > security' that Parallels has under its 'Actions' menu. > This of course will cost me more dollars! > Or else re-install WindowsXP in Parallels. > > Thanks for any information regarding this, I will appreciate it as > always. > > Cheers, > > Ronni who is focused on my beloved 'Pies' winning tonight against > 'The Cats' ;-) > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
