Also, then you have to remove several hundred now useless registry entries.
Poor uninstall program for Symantec (Norton) products in my opinion.
: Septima wrote:
:
: > : >
: >>Hi
: >>
: >>Please try the following links to Kelly's web site:
: >>
: >>"Why doesn't Search work?"
: >>"Why doesn't Help and Support work?"
: >>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
: >>
: >>--
: >>
: >>
: >>Will Denny
: >>MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
: >>Please reply to the News Groups
: >>
: >>
: >>: >>
: >>>I had a problem with Norton Systemworks 2003 after I updated it recently
: >>>and
: >>>since this is about the umpteenth problem I have had with norton I
: >
: > decided
: >
: >>>to unistall the whole program.
: >>>
: >>>I did what Norton's site had listed for an unistall and the registry
: >
: > edits
: >
: >>>and after a reboot my Search Function from the start menu and the help
: >
: > and
: >
: >>>support no longer work. The open up but they are blank with no options
: >
: > and
: >
: >>>dont load further.
: >>>
: >>>I hope I did not delete a key in the regedit which caused this problem
: >>>although I might have. I know how to restore a previous reg in 98 but
: >
: > not
: >
: >>>in
: >>>xp. I have SP1 on this thing. Any suggestions on how to get these
: >
: > working
: >
: >>>again?
: >>>
: >>>Thanks
: >>>
: >>>
: >
: > Thanks but this isnt helping and it seems I have other problems besides
this
: > now. It seems that my yahoo messenger i can see text that is typed and I
: > can't open msn messenger at all it is giving me error messages. Any ideas
on
: > how to get things back to normal?
: >
: > I went through everything in the link above and now I can't get the help
to
: > open at all which previously it opened up but was blank.
: >
: > I went to my services as well to make to check as instructed at link
above
: > and advanced mode has a grey square with an icon in it like a file. In
: > regular mode it shows but the advanced tab is greyed out with the weird
: > icon.
: >
: > Help! Please I don't want to reformat.
:
: One option is to try a system restore to right before you uninstalled
: Norton. "You can access the System Restore Wizard through the Start
: menu. To access the System Restore Wizard, click Start, point to All
: Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click
: System Restore."
:
:
: Another is to do a repair installation:
:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
:
: Last is a clean install:
:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
:
: Unfortunately sometimes when trying to remove Symantec/Norton products
: the best thing to do is a clean install.
:
