Editing Norton Utilities (section)

==Reviews==
''[[BYTE]]'' in 1989 listed Norton Utilities 4.5 for DOS as among the "Distinction" winners of the BYTE Awards, stating that it was "an essential first-aid kit".<ref name="byte198901">{{Cite magazine |date=January 1989 |title=The BYTE Awards |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1989-01/1989_01_BYTE_14-01_PC_Communications_and_Annual_Awards_and_Digitizing_Tablets#page/n371/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |page=327}}</ref> That year [[Jerry Pournelle]] said regarding 4.5, "I'm already on record as saying that everyone needs the Norton Utilities ... [4.5] is a major upgrade, and worth getting. Recommended".<ref name="pournelle198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Pournelle |first=Jerry |date=February 1989 |title=Ready Line Overload |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1989-02_OCR/page/n175/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=BYTE |pages=121–137}}</ref>
 
Darian Graham-Smith of ''PC Pro'' gave Norton Utilities 14 an overall rating of 2 of 6 stars. He concluded "There's simply no good reason to pay this much for such a flimsy collection of tools."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/354238/norton-utilities |title=Norton Utilities review |date=2009-12-18 |work=PC Pro}}</ref>

''[[PC World Magazine|PC World]]'' reviewed Norton Utilities 15 and concluded that "Norton Utilities may have outlived its usefulness. If your system isn't running as fast as you think it should, uninstalling unnecessary software and pruning background applications using Windows' own tools or downloadable freebies are a more cost-effective first defense."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/215417/symantec_norton_utilities_15.html |title=Symantec Norton Utilities 15: Disk Utilities Under One Roof |date=2011-01-04 |work=[[PC World]]}}</ref>

A ''[[PC Magazine]]'' review gave Norton Utilities 15 a score 3 of 5 stars. They argued that Norton Utilities is lagging behind competition, adding that "this PC tune-up utility can give an aged PC a new lease on life, but it lacks some of the features and performance found in competing software."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371157,00.asp |date=2012-08-28 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |author-first=Jeffrey L. |author-last=Wilson |title=Norton Utilities}}</ref>

ITProPortal.com gave Norton Utilities a rating of 6 out of 10. They concluded, "Norton Utilities did a satisfactory job of de-gunking and increasing the overall performance of our test laptop, but it doesn't stack up well against rival suite System Mechanic 11".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itproportal.com/software/utilities/reviews/norton-utilities-15-review/ |title=Norton Utilities 15 review |date=2012-08-31 |work=ITProPortal}}</ref>

TopTenReviews.com gave Norton Utilities a 7.7-star rating out of 10 and said, "Norton Utilities has good help and support features and is above average in terms of ease of use."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc-system-utilities-software-review.toptenreviews.com/norton-utilities-review.html |title=Norton Utilities Review 2016 - Best Utility Software |date=2014-01-13 |work=TopTenReviews}}</ref>