Windows 10 kills Norton 360?

Factual Questions
1

I bit and converted my 2nd line laptop (HP) from W7 to W10 but have not converted my favorite laptop (Lenovo) from W7 and I use the Lenovo for everything that I do on a home computer. I haven’t used the W10 in the month or so since conversion except to check email or to see if it gets upgrades (none). But when I booted the W10 yesterday, I discovered that my Norton 360 has disappeared from it and it was not past its annual expiration date.

Any thoughts/solutions? Would reinstalling my 3-PC N360 be the answer or would it deny that 2nd installation on the same computer?

Also, although I posted this 2nd item on another thread, are Freecell & Solitaire available on W10? I can’t find them and they amuse me from time to time.

2

Its not unusual for an OS upgrade to break an AV app. Reinstalling should not hurt it.

They are now apps that you download from the microsoft store.

3

There is this:
http://betanews.com/2015/11/24/windows-10-uninstalling-user-programs-without-permission/

4

Heck, W10 told me flat out that I might have to reinstall my a/v.

Actually, Microsoft Solitaire Collection came pre-installed when I upgraded from W7. That has the original, Freecell, Spider and a couple other games.

Though I did hear you had to be online to start the app.

5

Uh, disregard my signature there. Stupid Tapatalk.

Anyways, I wanted to add that I uninstalled my antivirus before I upgraded, after getting that message from the Windows Installer. That’s what I always recommend you do before an upgrade.

I can’t say for sure about what will happen with Norton. If it does count as another computer, surely they’ll provide a way for you to remove your W7 install from the list. Because you cannot be the only person who lost Norton when you upgraded.

6

I haven’t bothered checking recently, but a couple of months ago I got a new laptop with Win10.

None of the beloved Windows games (Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, FreeCell, Hearts) are to be found. The new MS Solitaire Apps that are available through Win10 are IMO very inferior substitutes, AND they cost extra $$.

If you want any of the games in the configuration that came preinstalled as part of Win7 (and earlier versions), they can be downloaded free from a couple of websites. Google “Windows 7 solitaire with Windows 10.” If I remember correctly, one can’t “simply” copy the games from Win7 to Win10, it won’t work. The necessary tweaks are taken care of in the download.

There is one catch, that Microsoft apparently has no intention of addressing: with all of the four games I listed above, using the Control+Z key will randomly generate a “null pointer exception” that instantly crashes and deletes the game in progress.
The work-around is simple enough, once you get used to it- when using the Ctrl+Z key combo, park the mouse cursor at the bottom of your screen. Irritating, but a small price to avoid having to use MS’s godawful new improvement.