When I put xp I upgraded from 98 se, it told I might have problems with nortong and several other programs, most of them a reinstall fixed, but when I try to uninstall norton, mcfee and a few others I get this message, error 1606. Could not access netowrk location .allusers/ I have tried in administator under safe mode, but norton and mcfee won't allow uninstall under safe mode. Any info greatly appreciated.

yeah i had friends with the same problem noton and mcfree gets deep in the programs, and xp says NOPE i will not install, i just tell them if you dont have much to loose on that harddrive reformat and put in a fresh install it wipes out all that corroped data.

Get rnav.exe at the Syamntec website and it will remove your Norton Antivirus software. Rnav.exe is also listed as a Google Search item, and a Google Searc will give you all the information you need. I do not know about Macafee, but they might have removal tools at their support website. All the best!

yeah I have to see if I get the xp disk again cause when I coppied it I didn't copy it right cause it doesn't auto start, (which means halfway though setup it won't detect the cd), there has to be a way to delete the files, even though dos maybe?

Thanks capt, that program worked for norton, now just a few others and i'll be back in business, lol.

what about through reg edit to uninstall or delete programs? anybody point me to a good website?

Have you tried to upgrade your Macafee to the XP version? I went to their site and there were no removal tools, but sometimes if you can install the upgrade on a trial basis, you can then uninstall the program. Take care!