Buyer Beware Norton System Works 2006 Premier

I have used Norton System Works previous versions for years but the current version really sucks. Beware if you install it along with GoBack your comnputer may not boot. That is what happened to me the first time around. Fortunately I was able to get to boot and uninstall GoBack. Nowhere except in microscopic text burried in the user manual does it warn about Not installing it on an Xp system.
Wait there's more. I wanted complete protection so I installed the complete package. That was the second mistake. It used to be that you could choose to turn off the monitoring feature and use the options only when you needed them. Not any more. It is turned on by default with no way to turn it off. Now I am used to a nice fast boot up. My Linux box boots up in about 20 seconds. With Norton installed you have to wait until it checks everything and I mean everything before you can open any programs. If you went to get a cup of java and came back maybe, just maybe it might be finished. Oh and did I mention that it is a system hog? The comoputer I use to cruise the internet is not the fastest in the world. This sucker maxes out my cpu and if I hit ctrl-alt-Del all other programs show that they are not responding until Norton stops doing its thing.
It gets better. I call for help in deleting Norton completely from my system. Help is Off-shore with some parson barely able to speak english to be intelligible. He says that not everything is taken out of the registry making it impossible to install the alternative Anti-virus software I just purchased.
To say that by this time I am very pi**ed off is an understatement. they call me back to see if their instructions worked. Of course I said no and proceeded to vent about what a lousy program the current version is. He HANGS UP ON ME.
The only alterenative I see is to Reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Professional and all the programs I've collected and start over. I do know one thing, this is the last time Norton gets my business and I hope yours too.