Bsod

[Raiders]

I get Blue Screen Of Death after i installed Kaspersky AV... i reboot my Pc and i get to the Windows XP Loading screen then suddely BSOD appears then disappear and restarts my PC i went into Safe Mode and removed the KasperSky AV and restored it before kaspersky was put on...... but it worked after i remove that. I need a good Anti-virus and firewall was thinking of getting Norton to take Kaspersky AV back and exchange for norton systemworks that has everything?

Want to know what u guys think i should do..

Raiders

[PrntRhd]

I personally would recommend something that works but is lighter on resources than NAV.
Try AVAST for a free or pay AV. Very good.
Try NOD32 for a paid AV. Very good.

The big all-in-one "suites" can sometimes cause more trouble than individual programs for AV/software firewall functions in my experience.

What AV did you have on the PC before removing it? Some, like NAV and McAfee must be removed completely before installing another product and are very difficult to get removed.

[Sylvander]

I strongly recommend that rather than using the WinXP restore point system from within Windows...

Set up a system of image backup and restore that works outside of the Windows environment using a program that loads from a bootable CD or floppy.

Move all your data [personal and otherwise] of the system/boot partition [C:].
As you move forward in time, make backups at key points [e.g. just before installing something], and keep a written log of all backups, installs, uninstalls, restores etc.
If you want to remove a program you just installed, rather than uninstall, restore the backup made just before installing it.
If you so much as suspect that all is not well [perhaps Windows won't boot], restore a recent good backup.
The problem will almost certainly be gone and the software back to the way it was [in this case Capersky would be gone].
This system works even when Windows wont boot.
If it doesn't produce a fix, then it isn't a software problem.

I use AVG, and it seems to work well; never had any trouble with it.

Here's how I moved my personal data in Win98...

a. My Documents. [Use “TweakUI” to move their home]
b. E-mails for all identities. [use the email client to move their home]
c. Internet Explorer Favourites. [Use “TweakUI” to move their home]
d. Temporary Internet Files. [use the browser (Internet Explorer) to move them]
e. Re-home the Windows Address Book as shown here http://tinyurl.com/24q6l . Use the key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab FileName” to specify its new address. [Its normal home address [in Win98] is C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\(the name you gave your PC).WAB]
f. Any other storage of data files you wouldn’t want to “jump back” could be held on other partitions according to type/file size. Perhaps E: & F:
g. You might make a partition [perhaps G:] to hold backups and [Windows and/or MS Office] installation files.