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Uninstaling Norton
Name: Althalus Date: August 20, 2006 at 16:15:12 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD Turion64 1 GB
Comment:
I am trying to install PC Guard that comes free with telwest and the program tells me i need to uninstall norton. i started to do this then my computer restarted. now when i go on to add remove programs norton is still there but when i try to remove it i get the error report message. the problem is norton isnt on the computer but i cannot install pc guard as it still thinks that it is. Can anyone help?
Name: XpUser4Real Date: August 20, 2006 at 17:45:21 Pacific
Reply:
just go to the norton site and get the proper removal instructions for the version you are using. Norton is definitely not the easiest to get out of a PC.
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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Response Number 2
Name: gooogle Date: August 20, 2006 at 23:11:51 Pacific
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i had the same problem when i used norton.. try using SymNRT (Norton Removal Tool ).if that doesnt work remove it from the registry..Jv16 Power Tools might be helpful.
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Response Number 3
Name: Althalus Date: August 22, 2006 at 10:05:44 Pacific
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Thanks for the help guys i was able to remove norton and put pc guard on :)
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser4Real Date: August 22, 2006 at 10:57:12 Pacific
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Thanks for your reply....good luck
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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